CANDLE LIGHT CHILDCARE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14694762 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-28
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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.

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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
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 £1,930

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
Current Assets
£479
Current Liabilities
—
£0£386£772£1k£2k£2kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£1.9k—
Current assets£479—
Net assets£1.9k—

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
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-12
    ➖
    HASSAN, Shukri Abdullahi resigned
    director
  3. 2026-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-05-01
    ➕
    MOHAMED, Zaynab Abdi appointed
    director
  5. 2026-03-31
    ➕
    DUALEH, Osman Dualeh appointed
    director
  6. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    DUALEH, Osman Dualeh resigned
    director
  7. 2026-03-31
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2026-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2026-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2026-03-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2026-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2024-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2024-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2024-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2024-10-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2024-10-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2023-10-16
    ➕
    HASSAN, Shukri Abdullahi appointed
    director
  23. 2023-06-08
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2023-06-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2023-06-01
    ➖
    HASSAN, Mohamed resigned
    director
  26. 2023-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CANDLE LIGHT CHILDCARE LTD
  27. 2023-02-28
    ➕
    DUALEH, Osman Dualeh appointed
    director
  28. 2023-02-28
    ➕
    HASSAN, Mohamed appointed
    director
  29. 2023-02-28
    📄
    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 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DUALEH, Osman Dualeh resigned 2026-03-31; HASSAN, Shukri Abdullahi resigned 2026-06-12

Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Osman Dualeh Dualeh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/03/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Osman Dualeh Dualehceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Mohamed Hassanceased 01/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Unit 108/110 Bizspace Business Centre, 4-6 Wadsworth Road
Perivale
Greenford
UB6 7JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DUALEH, Osman Dualeh→
director · ~50y · appointed 2026-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOHAMED, Zaynab Abdi→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUALEH, Osman Dualeh→
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-02-28 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
HASSAN, Mohamed→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-02-28 · resigned 2023-06-01
Resigned
HASSAN, Shukri Abdullahi→
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-10-16 · resigned 2026-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-02