FELICIA NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09264611 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-04-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-09
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-07-09
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-06-13
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    address · AD01
  9. 2023-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2022-10-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-27
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-10-01
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    CANNATELLA, Salvatore appointed
    director
  16. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-02-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Felicia Cannatella
  21. 2016-03-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2014-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As FELICIA NURSERY LIMITED
  23. 2014-10-15
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    BRYANT, Elena appointed
    director
  24. 2014-10-15
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    CANNATELLA, Felicia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Felicia Cannatella
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

C/O Forvis Mazars Llp The Pinnacle
160 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK9 1FF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BRYANT, Elena→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-10-15
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Active
CANNATELLA, Felicia→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-10-15
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Active
CANNATELLA, Salvatore→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-10-01
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Felicia Cannatella
A registered charge1 property19/02/201729/04/2025
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/03/201625/10/2022

Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21