ABC HEARING LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC363286 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-30
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 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.6 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 300 |
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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2016-12-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-09-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Starkey Laboratories Limited
- 2009-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC HEARING LTD
- 2009-07-30➕BRADY, Amanda appointeddirector
- 2009-07-30➕BRADY, Trevor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- 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 |
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Mrs Amanda Brady Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Trevor Brady Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2009-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
16 Ecclesmachan Road
Uphall
Broxburn
EH52 6DB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRADY, Amanda→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADY, Trevor→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Starkey Laboratories Starkey Laboratories Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 03/09/2012 | 09/12/2016 |
Recent filings (38 total)
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2025-08-07
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2024-12-12
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2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-10-24
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2023-08-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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2019-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-30