BABY SENSORY AND TODDLER SENSE PLYMPTON SOUTH HAMS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13873500 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-11.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,182
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,940 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
-£11k
↓ 1575% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£11k-£6k-£725£5k£10k£15kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.8k£758
Current assets£6.9k£15.0k
Cash£6.9k£12.3k
Debtors£2.7k
Net assets£-11.2k£758

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-09-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-08-20
    BRADSHAW, Rachael Claire appointed
    director
  11. 2022-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BABY SENSORY AND TODDLER SENSE PLYMPTON SOUTH HAMS LTD
  12. 2022-01-26
    TORDOFF, Natalie appointed
    director
  13. 2022-01-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Natalie Tordoff
Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/01/2022
Mrs Rachael Claire Bradshaw
Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

14 & 15 Southernhay West
Exeter
EX1 1PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRADSHAW, Rachael Claire
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-08-20
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Active
TORDOFF, Natalie
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-01-26
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-26