LEAPS & BOUNDS NURSERY LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4300 | 4300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-20➖OSBORN, Stuart Macdonald resignedsecretary
- 2005-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs LEAPS & BOUNDS NURSERY LIMITED
- 2005-12-16➕GLASGOW, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2005-12-16➕OSBORN, Stuart Macdonald appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanGroup structure
Devon Designs Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Devon Designs Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Miss Jacqueline Glasgowceased 31/03/2024· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/03/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2017 | 28/01/2026 |