BRONTE SCHOOL AND NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08764502 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.35M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85200Primary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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 12.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,345,676
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£754k
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£469k£938k£1.4m£1.9m£2.3mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£2.55M£2.34M
Current assets£2.26M£1.91M
Cash£754.3k£950.8k
Debtors£1.50M£956.2k
Net assets£2.35M£2.08M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-24
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  2. 2025-06-03
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  3. 2025-05-29
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    CLEMENTS, Fenella Jane appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-30
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  6. 2024-04-19
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  7. 2023-11-06
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  8. 2023-05-11
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  9. 2022-03-17
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  10. 2021-05-26
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  11. 2021-03-08
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  12. 2020-03-19
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  13. 2019-05-20
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  14. 2019-01-21
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  15. 2018-08-20
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  16. 2018-05-25
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  17. 2018-02-22
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  18. 2018-02-22
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2014-01-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2013-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BRONTE SCHOOL AND NURSERY LIMITED
  21. 2013-11-06
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    CLEMENTS, Nicholas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Everett Endeavour Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Everett Endeavour Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BRONTE SCHOOL AND NURSERY LIMITED
This company · 08764502

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Everett Endeavour Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

30 Bankside Court Stationfields
Kidlington
Oxford
OX5 1JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLEMENTS, Fenella Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
CLEMENTS, Nicholas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-11-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property12/01/2014—
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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-03-08