THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC246070 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-20

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 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£138.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Child day-care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 7.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £138,878

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£377k

Net Worth

£139k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31
Cash	£376.6k
Net assets	£138.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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accounts · AA
2025-02-07
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officers · AP04
2025-01-06
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HM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-12-05
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-15
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capital · SH06
2024-02-15
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capital · SH03
2024-01-25
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capital · SH08
2024-01-22
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-11
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accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-14
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mortgage · MR04
2019-05-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-25
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mortgage · MR04
2019-04-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-11-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-10-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-03-31
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MOGFORD, Graham appointed
secretary
2003-03-31
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DUNCAN, Lois Marie appointed
director
2003-03-31
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MOGFORD, Graham appointed
director
2003-03-31
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MOGFORD, Marie appointed
director
2003-03-31
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P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-31
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P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-20
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Company incorporated
As THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES LIMITED
2003-03-20
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P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-20
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P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lois Marie Duncan Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	19/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Graham Mogfordceased 19/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Marie Mogfordceased 19/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2003-03-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

110 Woodend Crescent

Aberdeen

AB15 6YS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29