EDINBURGH DAY NURSERIES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC522766 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.33M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85100Pre-primary education
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,327,755
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£821k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 6.1% 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 | £1.56M | £1.50M |
| Current assets | £1.06M | £1.00M |
| Cash | £820.7k | £818.4k |
| Debtors | £241.2k | £182.9k |
| Net assets | £1.33M | £1.21M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-21📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-02➕FLANAGAN, Felicity Eve appointeddirector
- 2024-12-02➕FLANAGAN, Taylor Ramsay appointeddirector
- 2024-12-02➕SCOTT, Eilidh Alexandra appointeddirector
- 2024-08-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-09➖FLANAGAN, Craig resigneddirector
- 2023-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-02-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-01-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-02-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs EDINBURGH DAY NURSERIES LTD.
- 2015-12-17➕FLANAGAN, Gillian Taylor appointeddirector
- 2015-12-17➕FLANAGAN, Craig 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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Gillian Taylor Flanagan Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/06/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Craig Flanaganceased 09/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| FERNVIEW LIMITED→ SC200051 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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| FORBES SIMMERS LIMITED→ SC016168 · est 1930 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 95y | — | — |
| FORTHSIDE LIMITED→ SC284828 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| FOUR BROTHERS EDIN LIMITED→ SC842999 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FRASER MADDOX GROUP LIMITED→ SC866511 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
5 Main Street
Balerno
EH14 7EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
FLANAGAN, Felicity Eve→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2024-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FLANAGAN, Gillian Taylor→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-12-17
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FLANAGAN, Taylor Ramsay→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-12-02
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SCOTT, Eilidh Alexandra→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-12-02
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FLANAGAN, Craig→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-12-17 · resigned 2024-08-09
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 21/01/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 03/02/2016 | 06/02/2019 |
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Recent filings (35 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-30
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-30