C & H CHILDCARE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC515227 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£51.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £51,481
Cash YoY
+252%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£35k
↑ 252% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
↑ 175% YoY
Current Assets
£142k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £64.3k | £63.8k |
| Current assets | £142.5k | £127.1k |
| Cash | £35.2k | £10.0k |
| Debtors | £107.3k | £117.1k |
| Net assets | £51.5k | £18.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-03-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-03-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-03-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs C & H CHILDCARE LIMITED
- 2015-09-09➕BAVAIRD, Hannah Grace appointeddirector
- 2015-09-09➕MCGUINNESS, Carla Winifred appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalSome 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Carla Winifred Mcguinness Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 07/04/2016 |
Miss Hannah Grace Bavaird Individual · British · DOB 11/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 07/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Tannoch Tots Nursery 1b Forrest Gate
Uddingston
Glasgow
G71 5PG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BAVAIRD, Hannah Grace→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2015-09-09
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MCGUINNESS, Carla Winifred→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2015-09-09
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08