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SC335769 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-01-03

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£237.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Child day-care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

45 officers (8 active, 45 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

128 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £237,801

Cash YoY

+55%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£290k

↑ 55% YoY

Net Worth

£238k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£294k

↑ 54% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£237.8k	£174.2k
Current assets	£294.2k	£190.6k
Cash	£290.1k	£187.1k
Debtors	£4.0k	£3.5k
Net assets	£237.8k	£174.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (104 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
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officers · AP01
2025-10-30
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CARSON, Louise appointed
director
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-11-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-22
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officers · TM01
2024-05-01
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KELLY, Jamie resigned
director
2024-03-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-17
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SMITH, Donna Marie appointed
director
2024-01-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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COLEMAN, Lynn resigned
director
2023-09-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-17
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address · AD01
2023-06-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-05
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TENNENT, Lorna appointed
director
2023-06-02
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TAYLOR, Jim appointed
director
2023-02-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-27
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MALARKEY, Brenda resigned
director
2023-01-26
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CARSON, Louise resigned
secretary
2023-01-26
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CARSON, Louise resigned
director
2023-01-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-05
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COLEMAN, Lynn appointed
director
2022-09-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-25
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MALARKEY, Brenda appointed
director
2022-03-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-25
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FRASER, Jamie resigned
director
2021-10-04
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QUERNS, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-10-01
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FLEMING, Anne Catherine Margaret appointed
director
2021-10-01
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SMITH, Carol Cunningham Logan appointed
director
2021-06-24
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SMITH, Donna Marie resigned
director
2021-05-26
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CARSON, Louise appointed
secretary
2021-05-26
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CARSON, Louise appointed
director
2021-05-26
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KELLY, Jamie appointed
director
2021-03-17
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STEWART, Kerry resigned
director
2020-03-25
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MORGAN, Donna Marie resigned
director
2020-02-19
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HARRINGTON, Susan resigned
director
2019-03-27
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WARNOCK, Alison Anne resigned
director
2018-06-25
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QUERNS, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2018-06-10
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STEWART, Kerry appointed
director
2018-05-01
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HARRIS, Paul John resigned
director
2018-05-01
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SMITH, Donna Marie appointed
director
2018-01-29
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CAMPBELL, Joanne resigned
director
2018-01-29
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MAGILTON, Evelyn resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 104 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 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 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Incorporated2008-01-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

35 Wellwynd One Wellwynd

Airdrie

ML6 0BN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08