CARLI'S KINDERGARTEN LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC290076 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 18.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£49.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 · oldest 18.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £49,473
Net assets shrinking
Down £28,433 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£13k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£49k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £216.2k | £182.7k |
| Current assets | £54.2k | £52.9k |
| Cash | £13.2k | £13.3k |
| Debtors | £40.9k | £39.6k |
| Net assets | £49.5k | £77.9k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-05-16📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-05-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-05-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-22🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2020-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-05-01➕MILLAR, Christopher Brash appointeddirector
- 2007-06-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs CARLI'S KINDERGARTEN LTD
- 2005-09-08➕MILLAR, Agnes Campbell appointedsecretary
- 2005-09-08➕MILLAR, Agnes Campbell appointeddirector
- 2005-09-08➕MILLAR, Gayle appointeddirector
- 2005-09-08➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-08➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-08➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-09-08➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Agnes Campbell Millar Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 08/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
2a Meadows Drive
Erskine
Renfrewshire
PA8 7ED
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
MILLAR, Agnes Campbell→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-09-08
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MILLAR, Agnes Campbell→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2005-09-08
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MILLAR, Christopher Brash→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2008-05-01
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MILLAR, Gayle→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2005-09-08
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2005-09-08
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2005-09-08
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/10/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 13/06/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-05-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-05-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29