CRANSTON NURSERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC253519 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-30
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 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£360.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 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
78 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £360,259
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£428k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£360k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£439k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£88k£176k£264k£351k£439kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£370.3k£254.6k
Current assets£439.3k£315.0k
Cash£427.7k£297.0k
Debtors£11.6k£18.0k
Net assets£360.3k£248.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2024-05-03
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  4. 2024-03-27
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  5. 2023-09-12
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  6. 2023-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2023-03-15
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  8. 2021-10-26
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  9. 2021-03-19
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  10. 2020-04-30
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  11. 2019-04-29
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  12. 2018-04-27
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  13. 2017-07-14
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  14. 2017-07-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2017-04-27
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  16. 2017-04-27
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  17. 2017-04-27
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  18. 2017-04-14
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    WAILES, Brian Charles Christion appointed
    director
  19. 2017-04-14
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    WIECHEC, Paul Josef appointed
    director
  20. 2016-12-01
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  21. 2015-05-08
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    MANSON, Michelle resigned
    director
  22. 2010-03-03
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    WIECHEC, Julie appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-03
    ➕
    MANSON, Michelle appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-03
    ➖
    WAILES, Brian Charles Christion resigned
    director
  25. 2005-08-24
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    BERGIN, Jane appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-08-24
    ➖
    MANSON, Michelle Jane resigned
    secretary
  27. 2005-08-24
    ➕
    WAILES, Brian Charles Christion appointed
    director
  28. 2003-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CRANSTON NURSERIES LIMITED
  29. 2003-07-30
    ➕
    BERGIN, Jane appointed
    director
  30. 2003-07-30
    ➕
    MANSON, Michelle Jane appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-07-30
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Diane appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-07-30
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Diane resigned
    secretary
  33. 2003-07-30
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Alistair George appointed
    director
  34. 2003-07-30
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Alistair George resigned
    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 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Jane Bergin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Wiechec
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

3 Beaufort Road
Edinburgh
EH9 1AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

BERGIN, Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-24
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Active
BERGIN, Jane→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-07-30
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Active
WAILES, Brian Charles Christion→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-04-14
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Active
WIECHEC, Julie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-03
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Active
WIECHEC, Paul Josef→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-04-14
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Active
MANSON, Michelle Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2005-08-24
Resigned
SIMPSON, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2003-07-30
Resigned
MANSON, Michelle→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-03-03 · resigned 2015-05-08
Resigned
SIMPSON, Alistair George→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2003-07-30
Resigned
WAILES, Brian Charles Christion→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-08-24 · resigned 2010-03-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—04/07/201712/09/2023

Recent filings (78 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
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accounts · AA
2020-04-30