JACK & JILL'S ELITE NURSERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC621216 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-14
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£19.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 77/100 (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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,453
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,342 YoY
Cash YoY
+67%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↑ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£19k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£20.2k£35.8k
Current assets£18.4k£22.6k
Cash£14.0k£8.4k
Debtors£4.3k£14.2k
Net assets£19.5k£34.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-02-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-02-26
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-02-26
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-08-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-08-22
    WADDELL, Denise Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2023-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2019-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-02-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JACK & JILL'S ELITE NURSERY LIMITED
  19. 2019-02-14
    WADDELL, James Graeme appointed
    director
  20. 2019-02-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Margaret Waddell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
5075%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting22/08/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Graeme Waddellceased 22/08/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Eco Park
Carseview Road
Forfar
Angus
DD8 3BS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WADDELL, Denise Margaret
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-08-22
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Active
WADDELL, James Graeme
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-02-14
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02