LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (MONTROSE) LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC330672 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-10

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.5y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	—	—	£418.8k
Current assets	—	—	£152.6k
Net assets	—	—	£353.9k
Average employees	1500	1700	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-07-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
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DAVIDSON, Sandra appointed
director
2025-04-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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gazette · DISS40
2021-12-09
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2021-11-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-12-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-09-10
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Company incorporated
As LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (MONTROSE) LTD
2007-09-10
➕
CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointed
secretary
2007-09-10
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CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointed
director
2007-09-10
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MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Group structure

Hillpark Management Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hillpark Management Services Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (MONTROSE) LTD

This company · SC330672

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
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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-09-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

F1 The Granary Business Centre

Coal Road

Cupar

Fife

KY15 5YQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-09-10

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Active

DAVIDSON, Sandra→

director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-28

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Active

MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-09-10

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	10/03/2020	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	03/12/2007	26/08/2025

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-18

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-08-26

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-07-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-25

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-09

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-04-07

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

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-16