FLYING COLOURS NURSERIES LIMITED

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SC527586 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£788.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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

1 live charge · oldest 2.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 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 £788,215
Cash YoY
+233%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£316k
↑ 233% YoY
Net Worth
£788k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£904k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£181k£362k£542k£723k£904kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£792.2k£597.2k
Current assets£904.1k£645.6k
Cash£316.5k£95.1k
Debtors£574.6k£540.6k
Net assets£788.2k£586.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2023-06-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  10. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-04-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-03-02
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    capital · SH02
  14. 2022-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2022-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2022-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2022-02-25
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  21. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As FLYING COLOURS NURSERIES LIMITED
  23. 2016-02-22
    ➕
    BLACK, Arran appointed
    director
  24. 2016-02-22
    ➕
    BLACK, Laura Monica appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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 Arran Black
Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Laura Monica Black
Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1a White Spruce Bow
Edinburgh
EH4 8FX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLACK, Arran→
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-02-22
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Active
BLACK, Laura Monica→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-02-22
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Active

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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
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/06/2023—
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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-05