BABY SENSORY ANDOVER & WINCHESTER LTD
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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.1k | £25.0k |
| Current assets | £3.7k | £3.4k |
| Net assets | £9.1k | £36 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 2 confirmation-statement
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BABY SENSORY ANDOVER & WINCHESTER LTD
- 2019-04-29➕CHILTON, Claire appointeddirector
- 2019-04-29➕CHILTON, Michael appointeddirector
- 2019-04-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Claire Chilton Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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