I CARE.COM LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC358954 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-01

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£14.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,844

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£15k

Current Assets

£48k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£15.4k
Current assets	£48.4k
Net assets	£14.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2024-10-18
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2023-11-15
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2022-12-05
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2021-11-24
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2020-05-15
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2019-09-03
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accounts · AA
2019-05-01
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officers · CH01
2018-09-24
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accounts · AA
2017-11-14
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accounts · AA
2016-11-14
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accounts · AA
2016-07-07
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officers · AP01
2016-06-21
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GORMAN, Hilary Takade appointed
director
2016-05-05
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-02
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accounts · AA
2015-05-07
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2009-05-01
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Company incorporated
As I CARE.COM LTD.
2009-05-01
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GORMAN, Robert Cathcart appointed
secretary
2009-05-01
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GORMAN, Vetinia Tubuna appointed
director
2009-05-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-05-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-05-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-05-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Vetinia Tubuna Gorman Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-05-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

12 Calderwood Road

Rutherglen

G73 3HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GORMAN, Robert Cathcart→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-01

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Active

GORMAN, Hilary Takade→

director · ~32y · appointed 2016-06-21

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Active

GORMAN, Vetinia Tubuna→

director · ~65y · appointed 2009-05-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2009-05-01

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2009-05-01

Resigned

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