BRIGHT EYES CHILDCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09839234 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£535.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
34 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 £535,801
Cash YoY
+104%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£663k
↑ 104% YoY
Net Worth
£536k
↑ 111% YoY
Current Assets
£936k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£187k£374k£561k£748k£936kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£538.6k£273.9k
Current assets£935.5k£494.4k
Cash£663.2k£325.3k
Debtors£271.8k£168.6k
Net assets£535.8k£254.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-01
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    TRUSCOTT, Colin Robert Elvin appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-15
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  9. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-18
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  12. 2019-05-29
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-05-28
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    BLAKE, Haley Carol resigned
    director
  14. 2018-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-05-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-10
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-11-08
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    BLAKE, Haley Carol appointed
    director
  18. 2017-11-08
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    BRIGHT, Heidi Frances resigned
    director
  19. 2017-11-08
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2017-11-08
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    capital · SH01
  21. 2016-05-12
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    BRIGHT, Heidi Frances appointed
    director
  22. 2016-03-31
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    SPRY, Rebecca Louanne resigned
    director
  23. 2015-10-26
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    SPRY, Rebecca Louanne appointed
    director
  24. 2015-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIGHT EYES CHILDCARE LIMITED
  25. 2015-10-23
    ➕
    LARSON, Margaret 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Margaret Larson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2015-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

43 North Street
St Austell
Cornwall
PL25 5QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LARSON, Margaret→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRUSCOTT, Colin Robert Elvin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Haley Carol→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-11-08 · resigned 2019-05-28
Resigned
BRIGHT, Heidi Frances→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-05-12 · resigned 2017-11-08
Resigned
SPRY, Rebecca Louanne→
director · ~36y · appointed 2015-10-26 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04