DUNBLANE KIDS CLUB

🌳Matureactive

SC176437 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-06-17

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Child day-care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

46 officers (10 active, 46 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

147 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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2026-03-16
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2026-03-09
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BAUGHAN, Katherine Barbara appointed
director
2026-03-09
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ELLERTON-UNWIN, Meghan Jane Brooks appointed
director
2026-01-29
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2026-01-29
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2026-01-19
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LYON, Laura Frances appointed
director
2026-01-19
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MCINTYRE, Kimberley Dolina appointed
director
2025-10-06
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CAMERON, Veronica resigned
director
2025-10-06
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2025-03-19
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2024-11-18
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2024-11-11
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MANNS, Kyle appointed
director
2024-06-14
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2024-06-12
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FULFORD, Lesley appointed
director
2024-05-02
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2024-04-22
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2024-04-17
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HOUSE, Serena appointed
director
2024-04-17
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WILKINS, Laura resigned
director
2024-04-11
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2023-03-13
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2022-03-16
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2020-12-29
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2020-02-17
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2020-01-07
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TOOP, Mary resigned
director
2020-01-07
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2019-11-18
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2019-01-22
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2018-11-01
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DEAKIN, Teresa Mary resigned
director
2018-11-01
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WILKINS, Laura appointed
director
2018-02-01
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STEWART, Tina Marion resigned
director
2017-02-02
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MCMURRAY, Stephen Samuel resigned
director
2016-12-01
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CLEGG, Miranda resigned
director
2015-06-18
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HENDERSON, Sarah Caroline resigned
director
2015-01-15
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TOOP, Mary appointed
director
2014-11-06
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MACKENZIE, Lynette appointed
director
2014-11-06
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CLEGG, Miranda appointed
director
2014-09-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-12-05
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WILSON, Lorraine Langmuir Kerr resigned
director
2013-06-13
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SMITH, Colin resigned
director
2013-03-07
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CAMERON, Veronica appointed
director
2013-03-07
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MCMURRAY, Stephen Samuel appointed
director
2013-03-07
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STEWART, Tina Marion appointed
director
2012-06-14
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ROBERTS, Jeanette Lucille resigned
director
2011-11-17
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GIBSON, Carol Lynn resigned
director
2011-03-10
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DEAKIN, Teresa Mary appointed
director
2011-03-10
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ROBERTS, Jeanette Lucille appointed
director
2011-01-27
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EVANS, Hilary Jane resigned
director
2010-11-04
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FLEMING, Kenneth George resigned
director
2010-01-28
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WILSON, Lorraine Langmuir Kerr appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1997-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Dkc Building, Doune Road

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 9AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last: 2025-06-12