BABY SENSORY CHORLEY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11337516 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-30
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£25.8k
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £25,819

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£26k
Current Assets
£32k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£37.7k
Current assets£32.0k
Net assets£25.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-09-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2018-04-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BABY SENSORY CHORLEY LIMITED
  11. 2018-04-30
    ➕
    HAMES, Ashleigh Emma appointed
    director
  12. 2018-04-30
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Lucy Victoria Baird appointed
    director
  13. 2018-04-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Ashleigh Emma Hames
Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2018
Lucy Victoria Baird Ritchie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2018

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
Incorporated2018-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Ashley House Whittingham Lane
Haighton
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 5SL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAMES, Ashleigh Emma→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-04-30
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Active
RITCHIE, Lucy Victoria Baird→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-04-30
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-02