CAROUSEL CHILD CARE MORECAMBE LTD

💤Zombieactive

08672221 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-02

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-29	2024-09-29
Average employees	1	100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-09-25
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officers · TM01
2018-09-01
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PATTERSON, Glenda Scott resigned
director
2018-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-02-07
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accounts · AA
2014-01-01
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PATTERSON, Glenda Scott appointed
director
2013-09-16
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PATTERSON, Cheryl resigned
director
2013-09-02
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Company incorporated
As CAROUSEL CHILD CARE MORECAMBE LTD
2013-09-02
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SINGLETON, Nicola Lyndsey appointed
director
2013-09-02
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PATTERSON, Cheryl appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nicola Lyndsey Singleton Individual · British · DOB 01/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	12/09/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Glenda Scott Pattersonceased 01/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-09-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

18 Monkswell Drive

Bolton Le Sands

Carnforth

Lancashire

LA5 8JZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-29

Last made up to: 2025-09-29

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SINGLETON, Nicola Lyndsey→

director · ~43y · appointed 2013-09-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PATTERSON, Cheryl→

director · ~49y · appointed 2013-09-02 · resigned 2013-09-16

Resigned

PATTERSON, Glenda Scott→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2018-09-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-04-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-22

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-09-30