CARRICK NURSERY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC775951 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-17
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
year to May 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-06-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-06-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2023-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CARRICK NURSERY LTD
  6. 2023-07-17
    ZECCHINO, Dino appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-17
    ZECCHINO, Valerie Yvonne appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Valerie Yvonne Zecchino
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/07/2023
Mr Dino Zecchino
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

2 Mansionhouse Road
Mount Vernon
Glasgow
G32 0RN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ZECCHINO, Dino
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-07-17
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Active
ZECCHINO, Valerie Yvonne
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-07-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge04/06/2024
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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-17