NOAH'S ARK DEVELOPMENTAL PLAYGROUP

🌳Matureactive

SC247699 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-04-11

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (7 active, 30 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

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

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2026-04-26
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DOW, Alexander resigned
secretary
2026-04-26
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DOW, Alexander resigned
director
2026-04-26
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officers · TM02
2026-04-26
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officers · TM01
2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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officers · AP01
2025-01-16
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GIBSON, Kevin James appointed
director
2024-11-18
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officers · TM01
2024-11-06
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GIBSON, James resigned
director
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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officers · AP01
2022-11-16
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GORDON, Douglas William appointed
director
2022-02-10
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incorporation · MA
2022-02-10
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-07
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2021-12-18
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2021-12-18
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2021-12-13
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DUFF, Lorraine resigned
director
2021-12-13
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FOTHERINGHAM, Heather resigned
director
2021-04-12
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officers · AP01
2021-04-12
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2021-03-15
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ALLAN, Stuart appointed
director
2021-03-15
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MCCARTNEY, Emma Louise appointed
director
2021-01-13
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accounts · AA
2019-11-18
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accounts · AA
2017-10-23
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DOW, Alexander appointed
secretary
2017-10-23
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GIBSON, James resigned
secretary
2017-10-23
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DOW, Alexander appointed
director
2017-08-28
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MURRAY, Douglas John, Dr resigned
director
2010-09-30
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LOOPER, Pamela resigned
director
2010-09-13
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PORTER, Angela Frances appointed
director
2010-09-13
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EVANS, Siobhan Alexandra Louise resigned
director
2010-09-13
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MORRIS, Jennifer Evelyn resigned
director
2010-03-05
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COMBE, Sandy resigned
director
2010-01-31
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GIBSON, James appointed
secretary
2010-01-31
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PARNHAM, Audrey Margaret resigned
secretary
2009-08-24
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COMBE, Sandy appointed
director
2009-08-24
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CONTI, Susan Anne resigned
director
2009-08-24
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GIBSON, James appointed
director
2009-08-24
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PARNHAM, Audrey Margaret resigned
director
2008-08-27
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CHAPMAN, David William resigned
director
2007-06-20
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CHAPMAN, David William appointed
director
2007-06-20
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EVANS, Siobhan Alexandra Louise appointed
director
2007-03-14
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CONTI, Susan Anne resigned
secretary
2007-03-14
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PARNHAM, Audrey Margaret appointed
secretary
2006-08-22
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CONTI, Susan Anne appointed
secretary
2006-08-22
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VAN ANKEREN, Pamela resigned
secretary
2006-08-22
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CONTI, Susan Anne appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-01

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DOW, Alexander resigned 2026-04-26; DOW, Alexander resigned 2026-04-26

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-04-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Balnageith Road

Forres

Moray

IV36 2SX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-01OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-17