CYGNUS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC481930 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £1.13M |
| Current assets | — | £1.44M |
| Cash | — | £764.7k |
| Debtors | — | £671.3k |
| Net assets | — | £1.13M |
| Average employees | 11500 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-21➕PENNY, Amanda Jane appointeddirector
- 2022-02-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2015-05-26➕CROSSLEY, Cindy, Dr appointeddirector
- 2014-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CYGNUS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- 2014-07-10➕HANEKOM, Willem appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
35/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Group structure
Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CYGNUS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · SC481930
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/05/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Willem Frederik Hanekomceased 01/05/2025· 75-100% shares
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
Incorporated2014-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Glenseaton Lodge Kettocks Mill Road
Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
AB22 8LS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CROSSLEY, Cindy, Dr→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2015-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANEKOM, Willem→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2014-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PENNY, Amanda Jane→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2022-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/07/2015 | 05/02/2025 |
Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-17