KIDSTORE CHILDCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC368198 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-09
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 15.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 15.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.8 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: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-05-19
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  6. 2023-05-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-05-18
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  8. 2023-05-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  9. 2023-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-05-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-01-25
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    CHALMERS, Alexander Dale resigned
    director
  19. 2011-03-04
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    CHALMERS, Alexander Dale appointed
    director
  20. 2010-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2009-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As KIDSTORE CHILDCARE LIMITED
  22. 2009-11-09
    ➕
    MCLAREN, Patricia appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-11-09
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    MCLAREN, Patricia appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-09
    ➕
    MCLAREN, Vicki Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2009-11-09
    ➕
    REID, Kirsty Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Mclaren
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Alexanders
Brodick
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MCLAREN, Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2009-11-09
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Active
MCLAREN, Patricia→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-11-09
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Active
MCLAREN, Vicki Jane→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-11-09
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Active
REID, Kirsty Anne→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-11-09
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Active
CHALMERS, Alexander Dale→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-03-04 · resigned 2013-01-25
Resigned

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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 property22/07/2010—
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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21