COSMIC COPPERS CHILDCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC337815 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-14
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 17.7y 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
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-02-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    KEENAN, Jay James appointed
    director
  13. 2020-01-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-01-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-01
    ➕
    DONNELLY, David John appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-01
    ➕
    DONNELLY, Fiona appointed
    director
  20. 2008-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2008-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As COSMIC COPPERS CHILDCARE LIMITED
  22. 2008-02-14
    ➕
    KEENAN, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-02-14
    ➕
    KEENAN, Deborah appointed
    director
  24. 2008-02-14
    ➕
    KEENAN, Ross Cameron appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Ross Cameron Keenan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/02/2017
Mrs Deborah Keenan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/02/2017

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
Incorporated2008-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

1801-1807 Paisley Road West
Glasgow
G52 3SS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

KEENAN, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-14
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Active
DONNELLY, David John→
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-02-01
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Active
DONNELLY, Fiona→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-11-01
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Active
KEENAN, Deborah→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-02-14
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Active
KEENAN, Jay James→
director · ~23y · appointed 2020-02-01
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Active
KEENAN, Ross Cameron→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-02-14
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property03/09/2008—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26