CHAPTER ONE CHILDCARE (UK) LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC596213 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£75.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £75,902
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,275 YoY
Cash YoY
+5463%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£73k
↑ 5463% YoY
Net Worth
£76k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£95k
↑ 532% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £84.6k | £116.2k |
| Current assets | £94.7k | £15.0k |
| Cash | £73.2k | £1.3k |
| Debtors | £21.6k | £13.7k |
| Net assets | £75.9k | £108.2k |
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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-06📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-02-17📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-02-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-05-04📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2018-05-03🏢Company incorporatedAs CHAPTER ONE CHILDCARE (UK) LIMITED
- 2018-05-03➕GILLAM, Diane appointeddirector
- 2018-05-03➕GILLAM, Jonathan James appointeddirector
- 2018-05-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 Diane Gillam Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 03/05/2018 |
Mr Jon Gillam Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 03/05/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities
Registered office
9 Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6AT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GILLAM, Diane→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2018-05-03
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GILLAM, Jonathan James→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2018-05-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/03/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (23 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2023-02-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-07