HICKORY DICKORY NURSERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC490631 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£299.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 4.7y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £298,983

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£299k
↑ 762% YoY
Current Assets
£465k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£93k£186k£279k£372k£465kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£299.0k£462.7k
Current assets£464.7k£464.7k
Net assets£299.0k£34.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2021-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-08-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-08-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  11. 2021-08-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  12. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-14
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As HICKORY DICKORY NURSERY LTD
  19. 2014-11-06
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2014-11-06
    ➕
    MARTIN, Siobhan Rose appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Miss Siobhan Rose Martin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2014-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O Av Accounting, Suite 14 Ellismuir House
Ellismuir Way
Tannochside
G71 5PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Ian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-11-06
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Active
MARTIN, Siobhan Rose→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-11-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge—16/08/2021—
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge—16/08/2021—
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-18