LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC286538 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-22
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£81k£162k£242k£323k£404kJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets——£438.6k
Current assets——£200.9k
Cash——£98.6k
Debtors——£102.3k
Net assets——£403.9k
Average employees17001800—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-08-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-08-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  5. 2025-08-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  6. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2025-04-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2024-07-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-09-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-01-01
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    DAVIDSON, Sandra Mcnaughton appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2005-09-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2005-08-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2005-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD
  26. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    CRAIG, Carol Lindsay appointed
    director
  28. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2005-06-22
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

Hillpark Management Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hillpark Management Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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LITTLE BEEHIVE NURSERY (NEWPORT-ON-TAY) LTD
This company · SC286538

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
Hillpark Management Services Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Jennifer Elizabeth Martinceased 03/04/2025· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

F1 F1 The Granary Business Centre
Coal Road
Cupar
Fife
KY15 5YQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-22
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Active
CRAIG, Carol Lindsay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Sandra Mcnaughton→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Jennifer Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2005-06-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/06/201226/08/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property22/09/200526/08/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property24/08/2005—
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-01
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27