BIRKBEES DAY CARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
08414324 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£131.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
31 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £131,931
Cash YoY
+46%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£133k
↑ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£132k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £131.9k | £121.9k |
| Current assets | £152.1k | £101.0k |
| Cash | £132.8k | £90.7k |
| Debtors | £19.3k | £10.4k |
| Net assets | £131.9k | £121.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRKBEES DAY CARE LTD
- 2013-02-21➕FENTON, Maz appointeddirector
- 2013-02-21➕FENTON, Tracey Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️ultimate parent
Birkbees Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
🏛️ultimate parent
Birkbees Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BIRKBEES DAY CARE LTD
This company · 08414324
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Birkbees Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 02/06/2026 |
Birkbees Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 12/05/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Maz Fentonceased 12/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Tracey Jane Fentonceased 12/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED→ 06846187 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
65a Halifax Old Road
Halifax Old Road Birkby
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 6EE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
FENTON, Tracey Jane→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-21
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Recent filings (31 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05