LITTLE DINOSAURS CHILDMINDING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC740982 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,547
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,587 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£6k
↓ 13968% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£6k-£3k-£630£2k£4k£7kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-5.5k£40
Current assets£6.7k
Net assets£-5.5k£40

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-20
    MALPASS, David appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-03-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LITTLE DINOSAURS CHILDMINDING LTD
  10. 2022-08-11
    MALPASS, Sadie Jayne appointed
    director
  11. 2022-08-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-08-24

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sadie Jayne Malpass
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Hopes & Co. Accounting
14 Chanonry Road South
Elgin
IV30 6NG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-08-24OVERDUE
Last: 2024-08-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MALPASS, David
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-20
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Active
MALPASS, Sadie Jayne
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-08-11
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Recent filings (10 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-11