ALPHA NURSERY (GREENWICH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08940502 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-88.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £88,835
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£89k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£159k
↑ 162% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£205k-£132k-£60k£13k£86k£159kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£172.1k£89.8k
Current assets£159.4k£60.7k
Net assets£-88.8k£-205.4k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-30
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    POPOOLA, Olakunle Olabisi appointed
    secretary
  5. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2023-10-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-16
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    address · AD01
  9. 2022-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-06
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    POPOOLA, Olakunle Olabisi resigned
    director
  13. 2021-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-10
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2019-05-28
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    POPOOLA, Olakunle Olabisi appointed
    director
  19. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA NURSERY (GREENWICH) LIMITED
  22. 2014-03-14
    ➕
    POPOOLA, Muibat Kikelomo 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 12 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Muibat Kikelomo Popoola
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · 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
Incorporated2014-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O Pennyhills (London) Llp
Wework, 30 Churchill Place
London
E14 5RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

POPOOLA, Olakunle Olabisi→
secretary · appointed 2023-10-30
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Active
POPOOLA, Muibat Kikelomo→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-03-14
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Active
POPOOLA, Olakunle Olabisi→
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-05-28 · resigned 2021-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07