BAMBI'S CHILDCARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08955902 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-24
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
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 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.5y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-12-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2022-12-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Interbay Funding, LTD.
  7. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-08
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    capital · SH02
  12. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BAMBI'S CHILDCARE LTD
  19. 2014-03-24
    HERBERT, Lucy Hannah appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-24
    ROBERTS, Carla Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

44/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-21

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Carla Jayne Roberts
Individual · English · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
2550%
25-50% shares06/05/2016
Miss Lucy Hannah Herbert
Individual · English · DOB 04/1984 · age 42
2550%
25-50% shares06/05/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

82 Green Bank
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4NB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HERBERT, Lucy Hannah
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-03-24
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ROBERTS, Carla Jayne
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
InterBay
Interbay Funding, LTD.
A registered charge1 property13/12/2022
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19