GIRDLE TOLL OUT OF SCHOOL CARE

🌳Matureactive

SC207589 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-05-31

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window opening · medium confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 85

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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officers · TM01
2026-05-31
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CUNNINGHAM, Grace resigned
director
2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-02-05
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accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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officers · AP01
2024-02-01
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CUNNINGHAM, Grace appointed
director
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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officers · TM01
2023-11-07
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CUNNINGHAM, Grace resigned
director
2023-10-24
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SLAVEN, Colin appointed
director
2023-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
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accounts · AA
2020-07-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-08
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2018-08-20
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accounts · AA
2018-02-13
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accounts · AA
2017-09-20
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CUNNINGHAM, Grace appointed
director
2017-09-20
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PATTON, Margaret resigned
director
2017-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-20
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officers · AP01
2017-09-20
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officers · TM01
2001-05-31
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PATTON, Margaret appointed
director
2000-05-31
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Company incorporated
As GIRDLE TOLL OUT OF SCHOOL CARE
2000-05-31
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WILLIAMSON, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2000-05-31
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CAMPBELL, Wilma appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lorraine Williamson Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/09/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2000-05-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Annick Primary School

Bensley Rise, Girdle Toll

Irvine

Ayrshire

KA11 1BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Lorraine→

secretary · appointed 2000-05-31

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Active

CAMPBELL, Wilma→

director · ~69y · appointed 2000-05-31

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Active

SLAVEN, Colin→

director · ~48y · appointed 2023-10-24

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Active

CUNNINGHAM, Grace→

director · ~72y · appointed 2024-02-01 · resigned 2026-05-31

Resigned

CUNNINGHAM, Grace→

director · ~72y · appointed 2017-09-20 · resigned 2023-11-07

Resigned

PATTON, Margaret→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-05-31 · resigned 2017-09-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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officers · TM01

2026-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-05

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-12

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officers · AP01

2024-02-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-11-14

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officers · TM01

2023-11-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-07-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-25