BLUEBELL DAY CARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
08410123 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£39.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £39,710
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£40k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£258k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £110.2k | £36.1k |
| Current assets | £257.8k | £182.7k |
| Cash | — | £41.5k |
| Debtors | — | £141.2k |
| Net assets | £39.7k | £32.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-04-22📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-09-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-09-05➕WHEELER, Evelyn appointeddirector
- 2019-09-05➕WHEELER, Raymond appointeddirector
- 2019-09-05➖JONES, Lola resigneddirector
- 2018-09-19➖COWHAM, Andrew Antony resigneddirector
- 2013-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUEBELL DAY CARE LTD
- 2013-02-19➕COWHAM, Andrew Antony appointeddirector
- 2013-02-19➕JONES, Lola appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Golden Apples Day Nursery Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Golden Apples Day Nursery Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BLUEBELL DAY CARE LTD
This company · 08410123
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Golden Apples Day Nursery Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/09/2019 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew Cowhamceased 05/09/2019· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Lola Jonesceased 05/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Andrew Cowhamceased 01/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Bluebell Day Nursery Newton School
Caxton End,
Eltisley
Cambs
PE19 6TL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
WHEELER, Evelyn→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2019-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHEELER, Raymond→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COWHAM, Andrew Antony→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2013-02-19 · resigned 2018-09-19
JONES, Lola→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-02-19 · resigned 2019-09-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 02/03/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-05