PARENT ACTION FOR SAFE PLAY

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SC395911 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-03-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£204.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £204,591
Cash YoY
+74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↑ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£205k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£41k£82k£123k£164k£205kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£204.6k£108.3k
Current assets£72.1k£41.5k
Cash£69.1k£39.6k
Debtors£3.0k£1.9k
Net assets£204.6k£108.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2024-08-30
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  4. 2023-12-15
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  5. 2023-10-24
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    FAGAN, Mary resigned
    director
  6. 2022-11-28
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  7. 2021-12-07
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  8. 2020-12-08
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  9. 2019-12-10
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  10. 2018-12-11
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  11. 2017-12-11
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  12. 2016-12-15
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  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2015-11-19
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  15. 2015-04-07
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  16. 2014-12-11
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  17. 2011-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As PARENT ACTION FOR SAFE PLAY
  18. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    BALLANTYNE, Shirley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    BALLANTYNE, Shirley appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    BOYLE, Helen appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    WELDON, Kenneth appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    FAGAN, Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2011-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

8 Douglas Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 0BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BALLANTYNE, Shirley→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-21
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Active
BALLANTYNE, Shirley→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-03-21
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Active
BOYLE, Helen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-21
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Active
WELDON, Kenneth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-03-21
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Active
FAGAN, Mary→
director · ~82y · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2023-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10