CREATIVE LEARNING CHILDCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09600507 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
£993.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £993,841

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
Net Worth
£994k
Current Assets
£1.2m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£1.02M
Current assets£1.16M
Cash£1.14M
Debtors£22.6k
Net assets£993.8k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2025-06-02
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  3. 2024-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-13
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    GWIZDAK, Olivia appointed
    director
  5. 2023-12-13
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    GWIZDAK-WILLIAMS, Bethany appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-13
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  7. 2023-12-13
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  8. 2023-02-27
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  9. 2022-02-03
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  10. 2021-04-16
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  11. 2020-02-11
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  12. 2019-02-21
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  13. 2018-02-18
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  14. 2017-03-21
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  15. 2016-08-01
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  16. 2016-08-01
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  17. 2015-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CREATIVE LEARNING CHILDCARE LIMITED
  18. 2015-05-20
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    GWIZDAK, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2015-05-20
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    GWIZDAK, Denise appointed
    director
  20. 2015-05-20
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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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GWIZDAK, Olivia (same surname) appointed 2023-12-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Gwizdak
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Denise Gwizdak
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Ellen Royd
Westgate
Elland
West Yorkshire
HX5 0BB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GWIZDAK, Andrew→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-05-20
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GWIZDAK, Denise→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-05-20
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Active
GWIZDAK, Olivia→
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-12-13
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Active
GWIZDAK-WILLIAMS, Bethany→
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-12-13
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
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accounts · AA
2024-02-09
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officers · AP01
2023-12-13
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officers · AP01
2023-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
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accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
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accounts · AA
2021-04-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20