THE BROOMHILL NURSERY (ABERDEEN) LIMITED

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SC489340 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£982.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £982,167
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£546k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£982k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£246k£492k£739k£985k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.02M£803.3k
Current assets£1.23M£1.04M
Cash£545.8k£398.2k
Debtors£683.8k£636.5k
Net assets£982.2k£803.3k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2023-10-05
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  4. 2022-08-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-11
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    MAXWELL, Jessica Elizabeth resigned
    director
  6. 2022-04-11
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    MAXWELL, Stephen Reid resigned
    director
  7. 2022-04-11
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-04-11
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-22
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  15. 2016-03-17
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-11-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-11-20
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  18. 2015-03-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2014-10-21
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    MAXWELL, Jessica Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2014-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As THE BROOMHILL NURSERY (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
  21. 2014-10-20
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Susan Phyllis appointed
    director
  22. 2014-10-20
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Stephen Reid appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Maxwell Associates Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Maxwell Associates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE BROOMHILL NURSERY (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
This company · SC489340

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
Maxwell Associates Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

36 Fonthill Road
Aberdeen
AB11 6UJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MAXWELL, Susan Phyllis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAXWELL, Jessica Elizabeth→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-10-21 · resigned 2022-04-11
Resigned
MAXWELL, Stephen Reid→
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-10-20 · resigned 2022-04-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—30/03/2015—
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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-27