AL ANAESTHESIA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC417607 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-22

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-12-16
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-13
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2021-12-09
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2021-01-05
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2019-12-23
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2018-12-20
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2017-12-22
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2016-11-28
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accounts · AA
2016-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-27
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-22
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2014-12-24
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2014-02-10
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annual-return · AR01
2013-10-11
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LEE, Janette Margaret appointed
director
2012-03-31
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LEE, Alistair, Dr appointed
director
2012-03-31
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2012-03-31
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BELL, Adrian Edward Robert resigned
director
2012-03-31
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2012-02-22
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Company incorporated
As AL ANAESTHESIA LTD
2012-02-22
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-02-22
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BELL, Adrian Edward Robert appointed
director
2012-02-22
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Alistair Lee Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71	50–75%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-02-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street

Edinburgh

EH3 6AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEE, Alistair, Dr→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-03-31

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Active

LEE, Janette Margaret→

director · ~68y · appointed 2013-10-11

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Active

MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-02-22 · resigned 2012-03-31

Resigned

BELL, Adrian Edward Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-02-22 · resigned 2012-03-31

Resigned

MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2012-02-22 · resigned 2012-03-31

Resigned

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