LITTLE KICKERS NURSERY LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC845847 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
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 64/100 (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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth 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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ifs Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp LTD (SC781857) (the "Lender")
  3. 2025-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As LITTLE KICKERS NURSERY LTD
  4. 2025-04-22
    EVANS, Danielle Gail appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-22
    SHEEN, Brian appointed
    director
  6. 2025-04-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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: 2026-05-05

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Danielle Gail Evans
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/04/2025
Mr Brian Sheen
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/04/2025

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
Incorporated2025-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Aitkenbar Circle
Aitkenbar Cicrle
Dumbarton
G82 3HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

EVANS, Danielle Gail
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-04-22
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Active
SHEEN, Brian
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-22
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ifs Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp (SC781857) (the "Lender")
Ifs Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp LTD (SC781857) (the "Lender")
A registered charge05/02/2026
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Recent filings (2 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-22