THE MEADOWS PRIVATE DAY NURSERY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC539251 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-30
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£15
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £15
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£15
↑ 101% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£1k£5k£11k£17k£23k£29kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£24.6k£30.2k
Current assets£24.1k£29.5k
Net assets£15£-1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2023-07-09
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  4. 2022-08-02
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  5. 2021-08-08
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  6. 2020-07-14
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  7. 2019-08-29
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  8. 2018-09-13
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  9. 2018-02-12
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  10. 2016-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As THE MEADOWS PRIVATE DAY NURSERY LTD
  11. 2016-06-30
    SEMPLE, Kirsty appointed
    secretary
  12. 2016-06-30
    SEMPLE, Kirsty appointed
    director
  13. 2016-06-30
    SEMPLE, Stephen appointed
    director
  14. 2016-06-30
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kirsty Semple
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1979 · age 47
5075%
board control50-75% shares · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

9 Kiln Grove
Mossblown
Ayr
KA6 5BF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SEMPLE, Kirsty
secretary · appointed 2016-06-30
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SEMPLE, Kirsty
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-06-30
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SEMPLE, Stephen
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-06-30
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-01