KIRRIEMUIR NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC249016 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£12.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,102
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,108 YoY
Cash YoY
+1198%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
↑ 1198% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 836% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£19k£25k£31kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.9k£57.2k
Current assets£30.9k£3.3k
Cash£29.9k£2.3k
Debtors£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£12.1k£24.2k

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2024-10-10
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-15
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  5. 2022-11-22
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  6. 2022-01-19
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  7. 2021-11-30
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  8. 2021-02-02
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  9. 2020-12-11
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  10. 2020-12-11
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  11. 2019-12-16
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  12. 2018-12-13
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  13. 2017-12-06
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  14. 2017-03-08
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  15. 2017-03-08
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  16. 2017-02-15
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Kathleen appointed
    director
  17. 2017-02-15
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2014-10-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2006-11-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: West of Scotland Loan Fund Limited
  21. 2006-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2003-06-06
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Joseph appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-06-06
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 2003-06-06
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Mary Rose Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2003-06-06
    ➖
    MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-06-06
    ➖
    HART, John Francis resigned
    director
  27. 2003-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As KIRRIEMUIR NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED
  28. 2003-05-08
    ➕
    MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-05-08
    ➕
    HART, John Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Mary Rose Anne Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Hairmyres Hospital
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 8RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Joseph→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Kathleen→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Kevin→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Mary Rose Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-08 · resigned 2003-06-06
Resigned
HART, John Francis→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-05-08 · resigned 2003-06-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
West of Scotland Loan Fund / West of Scotland Loan Fund
West of Scotland Loan Fund Limited / West of Scotland Loan Fund Limited
Floating charge1 property02/11/200609/10/2014
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/03/200604/04/2016

Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-11