SMART COOKIES KIDS ACTIVITY CLUBS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC487875 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees1200900

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-09-04
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    address · AD01
  2. 2024-08-19
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-08-19
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-08-13
    TITORENKO SALAMOVA, Marina appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-13
    CLARKE, Julia Evelyn resigned
    director
  6. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2024-02-01
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  8. 2023-06-26
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  9. 2022-03-07
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  10. 2021-06-10
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  11. 2020-03-31
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  12. 2019-10-16
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-02-19
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  14. 2018-10-19
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-10-19
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  16. 2018-10-19
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  17. 2018-10-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-06-28
    PHELAN, Una Martina resigned
    director
  19. 2018-06-28
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-06-25
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    capital · SH01
  21. 2016-07-01
    PHELAN, Una Martina appointed
    director
  22. 2014-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SMART COOKIES KIDS ACTIVITY CLUBS LIMITED
  23. 2014-10-01
    CLARKE, Julia Evelyn 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Smart Cookies Kids Activity Clubs Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Smart Cookies Kids Activity Clubs Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
SMART COOKIES KIDS ACTIVITY CLUBS LIMITED
This company · SC487875

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Smart Cookies Kids Activity Clubs Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting28/06/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Una Martina Phelanceased 28/06/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Ms Julia Evelyn Clarkeceased 28/06/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2014-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

72 East Pilton Farm Wynd
Edinburgh
EH5 2GL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TITORENKO SALAMOVA, Marina
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-08-13
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Active
CLARKE, Julia Evelyn
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2024-08-13
Resigned
PHELAN, Una Martina
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2018-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-31