CAREBEARS CHILDRENS NURSERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC445752 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-22
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.
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.6y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4800 | 5400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-09-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-05-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-26➕MCCAFFERTY, Suzanne Margaret appointeddirector
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-08-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-07-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-07-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-06-30➖MCCAFFERTY, Suzanne Margaret resigneddirector
- 2013-05-10➕MCCAFFERTY, Suzanne Margaret appointeddirector
- 2013-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CAREBEARS CHILDRENS NURSERY LIMITED
- 2013-03-22➕FERGUSON, Kerrie Leigh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Suzanne Margaret Mccafferty Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/05/2024 |
Mrs Kerrie Leigh Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Suzanne Margaret Mccaffertyceased 30/06/2018· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
55 Liberton Gardens
Edinburgh
EH16 6JT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FERGUSON, Kerrie Leigh→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2013-03-22
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MCCAFFERTY, Suzanne Margaret→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2019-05-26
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MCCAFFERTY, Suzanne Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-10 · resigned 2018-06-30
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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 Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/02/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/01/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/09/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-29