LES ENFANTS NURSERIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC299437 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-23
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 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 88910Child day-care activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees70006400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2025-11-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-10-14
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-09
    ➕
    BARRAS, Morgan appointed
    director
  7. 2024-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-02
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Torquil Farquhar resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-12-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-29
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  14. 2021-03-26
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2021-03-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2006-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LES ENFANTS NURSERIES LTD.
  22. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    BARRAS, Denise appointed
    director
  23. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Torquil Farquhar appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-03-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-03-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-03-23
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BARRAS, Morgan (same surname) appointed 2024-07-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Barras
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

10 Ardross Street
Inverness
Inverness-Shire
IV3 5NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BARRAS, Denise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-03-23
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Active
BARRAS, Morgan→
director · ~24y · appointed 2024-07-09
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Active
MACLEOD, Torquil Farquhar→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2022-12-02
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2006-03-23
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2006-03-23
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
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property03/03/200917/11/2025

Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02