CHERRY BLOSSOM CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL HOME LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 5.4y
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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.
Key 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 | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1400 | 1200 |
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 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-09-02🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-05-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Gordon Smith
- 2020-12-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dsl Business Finance LTD
- 2020-07-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CHERRY BLOSSOM CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL HOME LTD
- 2020-07-17➕SIMMERS, Rachael appointeddirector
- 2020-07-17➕SIMMERS, Stuart William appointeddirector
- 2020-07-17📄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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rachael Simmers Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/07/2020 |
Mr Stuart William Simmers Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/07/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/09/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 07/05/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Gordon Smith / Pauline Mary Smith | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/03/2021 | 05/09/2024 | |
| satisfied | Dsl Business Finance Dsl Business Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 15/12/2020 | 30/08/2024 |