BRIGHT STARTS NURSERY (BALMORE) LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC380909 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.8y 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
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 12.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2300 | -2600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
5
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-31➖SHEIKH, Kashif resigneddirector
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-03✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-09➕ALI, Aisha appointeddirector
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18➖TAYLOR, Derek resigneddirector
- 2023-12-18➖TAYLOR, Laura resigneddirector
- 2023-12-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-20📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-11-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-20🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-10-20🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-10-11➕MOHAMMED, Anisha appointeddirector
- 2023-10-11➕SHEIKH, Kashif appointeddirector
- 2023-09-29➖MCDAID, Paul resignedsecretary
- 2023-09-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-02-10➕TAYLOR, Laura appointeddirector
- 2014-04-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2013-07-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2013-07-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2010-07-21➕MCDAID, Paul appointedsecretary
- 2010-07-21➖TAYLOR, Angela resignedsecretary
- 2010-07-07➕TAYLOR, Angela appointedsecretary
- 2010-07-07➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2010-07-07➕TAYLOR, Derek appointeddirector
- 2010-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIGHT STARTS NURSERY (BALMORE) LTD
- 2010-06-23➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
2 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-09-03: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Aisha Ali Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2026 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Faisal Mohammedceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares
- Mr Kashif Sheikhceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares
- Property Returns Scotland Limitedceased 15/11/2023· 75-100% shares
- Mr Derek Taylorceased 15/11/2023· significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
47 Glentanar Road
Balmore Industrial Estate
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G22 7XS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
Active
MOHAMMED, Anisha→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDAID, Paul→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-07-21 · resigned 2023-09-29
TAYLOR, Angela→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-07-07 · resigned 2010-07-21
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-06-23 · resigned 2010-07-07
SHEIKH, Kashif→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-10-11 · resigned 2026-03-31
TAYLOR, Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-07-07 · resigned 2023-12-18
TAYLOR, Laura→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2020-02-10 · resigned 2023-12-18
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/04/2014 | 20/10/2023 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/07/2013 | 20/10/2023 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/07/2013 | 29/09/2023 |
Recent filings (74 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-09-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-15