DONVIEW NURSERY LIMITED
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 50). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 15.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £428.8k | £469.2k |
| Current assets | £205.4k | £268.4k |
| Cash | £205.4k | £268.4k |
| Debtors | £16 | £16 |
| Net assets | £428.5k | £468.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals 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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-12-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-11-08📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-10-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-10-23🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-10-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-01-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-02-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
- 2010-09-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
- 2010-08-20🏢Company incorporatedAs DONVIEW NURSERY LIMITED
- 2010-08-20➕DAVIDSON, Amanda Wallace appointedsecretary
- 2010-08-20➕DAVIDSON, Amanda Wallace appointeddirector
- 2010-08-20➕DAVIDSON, Euan Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Euan Peter Davidson Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Amanda Wallace Davidson Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
See pricing →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.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 07/02/2011 | 23/10/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 29/09/2010 | 23/10/2020 |