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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Grace appointed
    director
  6. 2023-11-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-11-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-11-07
    ➖
    CUNNINGHAM, Grace resigned
    director
  9. 2023-10-24
    ➕
    SLAVEN, Colin appointed
    director
  10. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-20
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Grace appointed
    director
  17. 2017-09-20
    ➖
    PATTON, Margaret resigned
    director
  18. 2017-09-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2017-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2017-09-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2001-05-31
    ➕
    PATTON, Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GIRDLE TOLL OUT OF SCHOOL CARE
  24. 2000-05-31
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-05-31
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Wilma appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lorraine Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence20/09/2017

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 (4 active · 2 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Wilma→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-05-31
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Active
CUNNINGHAM, Grace→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-02-01
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Active
SLAVEN, Colin→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-10-24
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Active
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 (60 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-31