BABY SENSORY SOUTH WEST LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

10498165 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-25

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£7.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,892

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,051 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↑ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£14.5k	£9.4k
Current assets	£19.0k	£12.8k
Net assets	£7.9k	£10.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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2025-05-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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accounts · AA
2022-04-09
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accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-28
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officers · CH01
2019-05-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-01
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officers · TM01
2019-04-06
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IRWIN-PORTER, Gemma Marie resigned
director
2019-04-02
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address · AD01
2019-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-24
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accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-08
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2017-04-15
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IRWIN-PORTER, Gemma Marie appointed
director
2016-11-25
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Company incorporated
As BABY SENSORY SOUTH WEST LIMITED
2016-11-25
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CHRISTY, Erin Elizabeth Lee appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Erin Elizabeth Lee Christy Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	25/11/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Gemma Marie Irwin-Porterceased 06/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2016-11-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

3 Waterman Road

Hook

Hampshire

RG27 9GN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CHRISTY, Erin Elizabeth Lee→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-11-25

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Active

IRWIN-PORTER, Gemma Marie→

director · ~45y · appointed 2017-04-15 · resigned 2019-04-06

Resigned

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