ACADEMY DENTAL CARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC349722 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees11001200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-11
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-06-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  6. 2024-06-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-05-31
    WALKER, Royston resigned
    director
  8. 2024-05-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-05-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  16. 2020-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-07-01
    KAVI, Vikram Pralhad, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2016-07-01
    WALKER, Claire resigned
    secretary
  22. 2016-04-20
    WALKER, Claire, Dr resigned
    director
  23. 2010-10-12
    WALKER, Claire, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 2008-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  25. 2008-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY DENTAL CARE LIMITED
  26. 2008-10-09
    WALKER, Claire appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-10-09
    WALKER, Royston 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Avk Dental Care Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Avk Dental Care Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACADEMY DENTAL CARE LIMITED
This company · SC349722

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Avk Dental Care Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Vikram Pralhad Kaviceased 01/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Royston Walkerceased 31/05/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 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
Incorporated2008-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

86 Crown Street
Aberdeen
AB11 6ET
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KAVI, Vikram Pralhad, Dr
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
WALKER, Claire
secretary · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned
WALKER, Claire, Dr
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-10-12 · resigned 2016-04-20
Resigned
WALKER, Royston
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-10-09 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/11/2008
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13