V.I.P. CHILDCARE - MORAY

🌳Matureactive

SC329503 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-08-17

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (6 active, 33 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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2025-01-14
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2024-08-29
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2023-12-05
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2023-10-23
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WILSON, Christina Alex resigned
director
2023-09-01
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2023-08-31
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2023-08-31
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2023-08-31
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2023-08-31
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2023-08-18
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MCINTOSH, Rebecca appointed
director
2023-08-17
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MCINTOSH, Rebecca appointed
secretary
2023-08-17
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HEDGES, Luke resigned
secretary
2023-08-17
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ADEBAYO, Olusegun resigned
director
2023-08-17
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WILES, Christopher resigned
director
2022-10-14
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2021-11-23
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2020-11-19
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2019-10-01
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2019-07-05
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2019-07-05
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2019-07-04
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2019-07-04
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2018-11-26
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HEDGES, Luke appointed
director
2018-11-26
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KEARNEY, Alison appointed
director
2018-11-26
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HEDGES, Luke appointed
secretary
2018-11-26
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MACKENZIE, Shelley resigned
secretary
2018-11-26
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ADEBAYO, Olusegun appointed
director
2018-11-26
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HUBBLEDAY, Hannah resigned
director
2018-11-26
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MACKENZIE, Shelley resigned
director
2018-11-26
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MCGRATH, Kathleen Margaret resigned
director
2018-04-20
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HALLYBURTON, Janet resigned
director
2018-02-26
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ATTRIDGE, Lesley Steel resigned
director
2017-11-27
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HUBBLEDAY, Hannah appointed
director
2017-10-02
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LAZELL MARTIN, Susan Rae resigned
director
2017-10-02
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MILLER, Faye Heather resigned
director
2017-08-28
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OLSEN, Timothy David appointed
director
2017-08-28
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WILSON, Christina Alex appointed
director
2017-06-26
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CUMMING, Theresa resigned
director
2015-08-24
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MCGRATH, Kathleen Margaret appointed
director
2015-02-23
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LAZELL MARTIN, Susan Rae appointed
director
2014-09-22
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LAMBOURNE, Clare resigned
secretary
2014-09-22
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MACKENZIE, Shelley appointed
secretary
2014-09-22
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LAMBOURNE, Clare resigned
director
2014-05-26
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ATTRIDGE, Lesley Steel appointed
director
2014-05-26
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CUMMING, Theresa appointed
director
2014-05-26
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HALLYBURTON, Janet appointed
director
2014-05-26
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MACKENZIE, Shelley appointed
director
2014-02-24
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BREEN, Donna Therese resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2007-08-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Elgin Community Centre

Trinity Road

Elgin

Morayshire

IV30 1UE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last: 2025-08-17