BIRCHWOOD CHILDRENS SERVICES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12082247 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£263.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84120
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -95% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £263,575
Cash draining
Cash down 95% YoY
Cash YoY
-95%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8k
↓ 95% YoY
Net Worth
£264k
↑ 215% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £263.6k | £-229.2k |
| Current assets | £1.53M | £1.18M |
| Cash | £8.3k | £150.5k |
| Debtors | £1.52M | £1.03M |
| Net assets | £263.6k | £-229.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-23➕MCKENZIE, Terence Roy appointeddirector
- 2024-12-23➖CHAPPEL, Deborah Anne resigneddirector
- 2024-12-23➖DALAL, Samiya resigneddirector
- 2024-12-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02➕DALAL, A'Isha appointeddirector
- 2024-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-01➕CHAPPEL, Deborah Anne appointeddirector
- 2020-12-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-11-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-05-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-05-15➕DALAL, Samiya appointeddirector
- 2020-05-15➖UJVARI, Denise resigneddirector
- 2019-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRCHWOOD CHILDRENS SERVICES LIMITED
- 2019-07-03➕UJVARI, Denise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Samiya Dalal Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/10/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ayaz Valiceased 21/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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| BANSHEE PRODUCTS LTD→ 13325290 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120
Registered office
Regent House
Regent Street
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 6BH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
DALAL, A'Isha→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2024-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKENZIE, Terence Roy→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2024-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHAPPEL, Deborah Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2021-01-01 · resigned 2024-12-23
DALAL, Samiya→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-05-15 · resigned 2024-12-23
UJVARI, Denise→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2019-07-03 · resigned 2020-05-15
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24