CLEVER CLOGS CHILDCARE CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC426891 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-25

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£24.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,316

Net assets shrinking

Down £28,339 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↓ 54% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↓ 76% 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	£31.2k	£12.9k
Current assets	£9.4k	£38.7k
Net assets	£24.3k	£52.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2023-03-31
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2022-03-31
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2021-05-24
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2020-03-30
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2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-03-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-04-29
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accounts · AA
2016-06-27
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2016-03-31
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2015-07-14
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2015-03-31
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2012-06-25
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Company incorporated
As CLEVER CLOGS CHILDCARE CENTRE LIMITED
2012-06-25
➕
KINNERSLEY, Alan George appointed
director
2012-06-25
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KINNERSLEY, Audrey Smart appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Audrey Smart Kinnersley Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mr Alan George Kinnersley Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2012-06-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

42 Black Road

Kelty

Fife

KY4 0BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-09

Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KINNERSLEY, Alan George→

director · ~73y · appointed 2012-06-25

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KINNERSLEY, Audrey Smart→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-06-25

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