DAYPLAY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC232686 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-12
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
—
year to May 2024
Net worth
£54.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.2y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £54,841
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£55k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-05-31 | 2023-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £67.3k | £62.8k |
| Current assets | £5.3k | £8.4k |
| Cash | £1.3k | £4.4k |
| Net assets | £54.8k | £49.9k |
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 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-01-19🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-07-27🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Just Cash Flow PLC
- 2018-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-01-16🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-05-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-02-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-02-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-06-12🏢Company incorporatedAs DAYPLAY LIMITED
- 2002-06-12➕BOYCE, Susan appointedsecretary
- 2002-06-12➕BOYCE, Mark appointeddirector
- 2002-06-12➕BOYCE, Susan appointeddirector
- 2002-06-12➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-06-12➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-06-12➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-06-12➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Susan Boyce Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/06/2016 |
Mr Mark Edward Boyce Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
40 Bolivar Terrace
Glasgow
G42 9AS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
BOYCE, Susan→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2002-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-12
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-12
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Just Cash Flow Just Cash Flow PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/07/2018 | 19/01/2026 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 16/01/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 28/05/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 06/02/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 1 property | 06/02/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-29