LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC286538 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-22
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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
69 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £438.6k |
| Current assets | — | £200.9k |
| Cash | — | £98.6k |
| Debtors | — | £102.3k |
| Net assets | — | £403.9k |
| Average employees | 1800 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-08-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-07-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-01➕DAVIDSON, Sandra Mcnaughton appointeddirector
- 2012-06-19🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-09-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2005-08-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2005-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD
- 2005-06-22➕CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointedsecretary
- 2005-06-22➕CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointeddirector
- 2005-06-22➕MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2005-06-22➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-06-22➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)
Group structure
Hillpark Management Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Hillpark Management Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD
This company · SC286538
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Hillpark Management Services Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/04/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Jennifer Elizabeth Martinceased 03/04/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| NEW PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED→ SC028957 · est 1952 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 73y | 83 | 83y |
| IDTC LIMITED→ SC307468 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 100 | 19y | 82 | 65y |
| MORE THAN TRAINING LIMITED→ SC307708 · est 2006 | — | — | £22.5k | — | 19y | 82 | 75y |
| INSPIRE THEATRE WORKSHOPS LTD→ SC625264 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC643846 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
F1 F1 The Granary Business Centre
Coal Road
Cupar
Fife
KY15 5YQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-06-22
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CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2005-06-22
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DAVIDSON, Sandra Mcnaughton→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2016-01-01
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MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2005-06-22
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 19/06/2012 | 26/08/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 22/09/2005 | 26/08/2025 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 24/08/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-01
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17