BLACKBERRIES CHILDCARE (MARCH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09625724 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-05
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
32 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees141200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  3. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-07-23
    ➖
    HUTLER, David resigned
    secretary
  7. 2025-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-07-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-03-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-03-15
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    HUTLER, Bradley George Donald appointed
    director
  15. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACKBERRIES CHILDCARE (MARCH) LIMITED
  21. 2015-06-05
    ➕
    HUTLER, Deborah Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2015-06-05
    ➕
    HUTLER, David appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

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

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Blackberries Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BLACKBERRIES CHILDCARE (MARCH) LIMITED
This company · 09625724

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
Blackberries Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/05/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Deborah Ann Hutlerceased 14/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Blackberry House
255 Norwich Road
Wisbech
PE13 3UT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HUTLER, Bradley George Donald→
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTLER, Deborah Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-06-05
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Active
HUTLER, David→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-05 · resigned 2025-07-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/06/2026—
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Recent filings (32 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-20