LITTLE STARS (STIRLING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC396870 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.25M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,245,403
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£185k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£497k£995k£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.25M£1.70M
Current assets£2.49M£1.83M
Cash£185.3k£341.7k
Debtors£2.30M£1.49M
Net assets£2.25M£1.70M

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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  2. 2024-09-11
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  4. 2024-07-26
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  5. 2024-07-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2024-07-25
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  9. 2024-02-05
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  10. 2023-09-15
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  11. 2023-01-20
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  12. 2023-01-20
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  13. 2022-08-22
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  14. 2021-09-23
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  15. 2020-10-28
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  16. 2020-10-28
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  17. 2020-09-21
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  18. 2020-08-17
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  19. 2019-09-17
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  20. 2019-03-29
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    GILMARTIN, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2017-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2016-04-20
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    JESNER, Jeffrey appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    HYMAN, Harvey Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2013-08-07
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    GILMARTIN, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  25. 2013-08-07
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    GILMARTIN, Sheila Elizabeth resigned
    director
  26. 2011-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As LITTLE STARS (STIRLING) LIMITED
  27. 2011-04-01
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    GILMARTIN, Kevin Patrick appointed
    director
  28. 2011-04-01
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    GILMARTIN, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  29. 2011-04-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2011-04-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2011-04-01
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    GILMARTIN, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
    director
  32. 2011-04-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  33. 2011-04-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sheila Elizabeth Gilmartin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2016
June Hyman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2016
Mr Kevin Patrick Gilmartin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

12 Bedford Place
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 1LJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

JESNER, Jeffrey→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-20
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Active
GILMARTIN, Kevin Patrick→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
GILMARTIN, Sheila Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-03-29
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Active
HYMAN, Harvey Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-08-07
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Active
GILMARTIN, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
GILMARTIN, Sheila Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—13/10/201726/07/2024

Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-09-11
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-09-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-01-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-01-20