JACK & JILL'S ELITE NURSERY LIMITED
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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-08-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-22➕WADDELL, Denise Margaret appointeddirector
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-11-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs JACK & JILL'S ELITE NURSERY LIMITED
- 2019-02-14➕WADDELL, James Graeme appointeddirector
- 2019-02-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Denise Margaret Waddell Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 22/08/2023 |
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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6 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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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