CHILDCARE HIGHLAND LTD
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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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 22 | 2300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-16📄appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP02
- 2025-07-15➕CALEDONIAN CARE LTD appointedcorporate-director
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-02-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-02-18🏢Company incorporatedAs CHILDCARE HIGHLAND LTD
- 2015-02-18➕COBB, Ronald Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ronald Peter Cobb Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ASSYNT LEISURE→ SC208883 · est 2000 | — | — | £902.0k | — | 25y | 83 | 70y |
| NANSEN HIGHLAND→ SC191841 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | 83 | 72y |
| ORKNEY SCIENCE FESTIVAL→ SC133038 · est 1991 | — | — | £13.4k | — | 34y | 83 | 84y |
| LES ENFANTS NURSERIES LTD.→ SC299437 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 7000 | 20y | 82 | 60y |
| BARBARAVILLE IMPROVEMENT GROUP LIMITED→ SC212569 · est 2000 | — | — | £39.5k | — | 25y | 81 | 84y |
| LAIRG & DISTRICT LEARNING CENTRE→ SC381245 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | 81 | 83y |
| OUTF!T-MORAY→ SC295252 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | 81 | 70y |
| RHET HIGHLAND COUNTRYSIDE INITIATIVE→ SC303911 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | 81 | 76y |
| TORRIDON EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED→ SC246917 · est 2003 | — | — | £156.1k | — | 23y | 81 | 60y |
| V.I.P. CHILDCARE - MORAY→ SC329503 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | 81 | 65y |
| AIGAS FIELD CENTRE LIMITED→ SC498637 · est 2015 | — | — | — | 2600 | 11y | 80 | 80y |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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