RAINBOW STEPS NURSERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC603336 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-23

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 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£-29.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £28,995

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£29k

↓ 48% YoY

Current Assets

£69k

↑ 7.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£-26.3k	£-14.5k	£60.3k
Current assets	£69.0k	£64.3k	£60.8k
Net assets	£-29.0k	£-19.6k	£54.8k

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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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 (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-18
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-14
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-13
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-25
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-04-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2018-07-23
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Company incorporated
As RAINBOW STEPS NURSERY LIMITED
2018-07-23
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LI, Kun appointed
director
2018-07-23
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LI, Marilyn Yik Lynn appointed
director
2018-07-23
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Black Pony Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Black Pony Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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RAINBOW STEPS NURSERY LIMITED

This company · SC603336

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
Black Pony Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/07/2018

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

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Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
SOMERSET NURSERY SERVICES LTD.→ SC200542 · est 1999	£849.5k £647.2k–£1.05M	£925.0k	—	2900	26y	84	78y
GENIUS PEOPLE LIMITED→ SC359992 · est 2009	£342.9k £261.3k–£424.5k	—	—	13	17y	81	60y
AHL ALBAIT SOCIETY→ SC167651 · est 1996	—	—	£182.4k	—	29y	83	74y
BELMONT HOUSE LIMITED→ SC026135 · est 1948 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	78y	83	69y
BRIDGETON COMMUNITY LEARNING CAMPUS LTD.→ SC255075 · est 2003	—	—	£513.1k	—	22y	83	66y
CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS LIMITED→ SC286669 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	83	66y
COSMIC COPPERS CHILDCARE LIMITED→ SC337815 · est 2008	—	—	—	—	18y	83	61y
FARE SCOTLAND LTD.→ SC339537 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	83	75y
HEART FOR THE CITY→ SC256661 · est 2003	—	—	—	—	22y	83	60y
HYDE-N-SEEK (BELLSHILL) LTD.→ SC355163 · est 2009	—	—	£211.9k	—	17y	83	59y
KIRRIEMUIR NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED→ SC249016 · est 2003	—	—	£12.1k	—	23y	83	66y
ROSEMOUNT LIFELONG LEARNING→ SC190521 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	83	66y

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-07-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

9 Royal Crescent

Glasgow

G3 7SP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LI, Kun→

director · ~38y · appointed 2018-07-23

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Active

LI, Marilyn Yik Lynn→

director · ~32y · appointed 2018-07-23

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	18/04/2019	—

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-10-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-17

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-11

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-07-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-01-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-01-12

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2024-01-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-22