MORNINGSIDE CHILDREN'S NURSERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC386418 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-10-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£39.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,946
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,185 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£40k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£28k£42k£56k£70kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£59.3k£73.6k
Current assets£56.9k£69.7k
Net assets£39.9k£48.1k

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-22
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  2. 2024-11-06
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  3. 2024-11-06
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  4. 2024-07-22
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  5. 2023-07-16
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  6. 2022-11-09
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  7. 2022-10-31
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    DAVIDSON, Hazel resigned
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  8. 2022-07-26
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  9. 2021-07-29
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  10. 2020-07-16
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  11. 2019-07-17
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  12. 2018-07-19
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  13. 2017-07-29
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  14. 2017-05-16
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  15. 2017-03-28
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  16. 2017-03-15
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    PRIESTLEY, Aileen Elizabeth appointed
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  17. 2016-07-28
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  18. 2010-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MORNINGSIDE CHILDREN'S NURSERY LTD
  19. 2010-10-04
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    DRYBURGH, Lea appointed
    director
  20. 2010-10-04
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    WINTERS, Alison appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-04
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    DAVIDSON, Hazel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Aileen Elizabeth Priestley
Individual · British · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest01/10/2024
Mrs Lea Dryburgh
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Winters
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Hazel Davidsonceased 31/10/2024· significant influence · firm interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2010-10-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

1a Nile Grove
Edinburgh
EH10 4RE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DRYBURGH, Lea→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-10-04
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Active
PRIESTLEY, Aileen Elizabeth→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-03-15
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Active
WINTERS, Alison→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-10-04
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Active
DAVIDSON, Hazel→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-10-04 · resigned 2022-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
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accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
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officers · TM01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-16