SCALLYWAGS CHILDREN'S NURSERY (CARNOUSTIE) LTD.

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SC313550 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-15
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£112.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.2y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £112,088
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,843 YoY
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£112k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£26k£51k£77k£102k£128kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£112.1k£137.8k
Current assets£58.5k£84.0k
Cash£2.8k£4.4k
Debtors£55.7k£79.6k
Net assets£112.1k£127.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-09-02
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-02
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-09-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2023-09-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-08-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2022-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2019-04-10
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2019-04-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2019-04-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-12-21
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    MCFADYEN, Gillian appointed
    director
  21. 2015-12-21
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    FALCONER, John resigned
    director
  22. 2007-03-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2006-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As SCALLYWAGS CHILDREN'S NURSERY (CARNOUSTIE) LTD.
  24. 2006-12-15
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    DONALDSON, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-12-15
    ➕
    DONALDSON, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  26. 2006-12-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-12-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-12-15
    ➕
    FALCONER, John appointed
    director
  29. 2006-12-15
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-12-15
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Jacqueline Ann Donaldson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/12/2016
Mrs Gillian Mcfadyen
Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/12/2016

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
Incorporated2006-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Taymouth Terrace
Carnoustie
DD7 7JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DONALDSON, Jacqueline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-15
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Active
DONALDSON, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-12-15
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Active
MCFADYEN, Gillian→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-12-21
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2006-12-15
Resigned
FALCONER, John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2015-12-21
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2006-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/04/2019—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property23/03/200710/04/2019
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14