ABBERLEY HOUSE NURSERY LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14461960 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-04
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
10 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1300 | 1600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-03-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBERLEY HOUSE NURSERY LIMITED
- 2022-11-04➕WOLSTENHOLME, Letang Rillar appointeddirector
- 2022-11-04➕WOLSTENHOLME, Michael appointeddirector
- 2022-11-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Letang Rillar Wolstenholme Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/11/2022 |
Mr Michael Wolstenholme Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/11/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities
Registered office
Ntrust Accountancy Ltd Suite 3a Kings Hall
St Ives Business Park, Parsons Green
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 4WY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WOLSTENHOLME, Letang Rillar→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2022-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOLSTENHOLME, Michael→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2022-11-04
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/03/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (10 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-04