THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES (WESTHILL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC249023 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.55M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,554,028

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£540k
Net Worth
£1.6m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Cash£540.1k
Net assets£1.55M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  3. 2025-01-06
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    HM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  4. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-08-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    MOGFORD, Graham appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Lois Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    MOGFORD, Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    MOGFORD, Marie appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-16
    ➖
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-06-16
    ➖
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES (WESTHILL) LIMITED
  26. 2003-05-08
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-05-08
    ➕
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

The Bridges Pre-School Nurseries Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Bridges Pre-School Nurseries Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES (WESTHILL) LIMITED
This company · SC249023

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Bridges Pre-School Nurseries Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

110 Woodend Crescent
Aberdeen
AB15 6YS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MOGFORD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-01-06
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Active
DUNCAN, Lois Marie→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOGFORD, Graham→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOGFORD, Marie→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-08 · resigned 2003-06-16
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-08 · resigned 2003-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—25/10/201811/08/2023

Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12