PKN 1990 LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC719948 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 24 | 2400 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-14📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2022-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-17🏢Company incorporatedAs PKN 1990 LIMITED
- 2022-01-17➕PRESCOTT, Sophie Stephenson appointeddirector
- 2022-01-17➕STEPHENSON, Lorna appointeddirector
- 2022-01-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 |
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Mrs Lorna Stephenson Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/01/2022 |
Mrs Sophie Stephenson Prescott Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/01/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| MONKEY MIND RELAXATION LTD→ SC681060 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| MURRAYFIELD MEDICAL LIMITED→ SC730093 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| N J HAXTON LIMITED→ SC541112 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| NEW HOPE COMMUNITY HOUSE FIFE LTD→ SC697569 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| NEW REALITY COUNSELLING LTD→ SC869576 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NEWLANDS CARE LIMITED→ SC438439 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ONYX COACHING & HEALTH LTD→ SC793048 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ORAN HOMECARE LTD.→ SC406732 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| PEAK PHYSIQUE WELLNESS LTD→ SC882817 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PILLAI RADIOLOGY LTD→ SC626916 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| PMARTIN HEALTH LTD.→ SC695928 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities
Registered office
24 Main Street
Hillend
Fife
KY11 9LE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
PRESCOTT, Sophie Stephenson→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2022-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEPHENSON, Lorna→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2022-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-24
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2022-02-14