AVK DENTAL CARE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC458451 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-05
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 11.8y 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
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.8y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
46 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 1600 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals 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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-06-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-06-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited in Its Capacity as Security Trustee for and on Behalf of the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01)
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2014-07-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-09-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AVK DENTAL CARE LIMITED
- 2013-09-05➕KAVI, Archana, Dr appointeddirector
- 2013-09-05➕KAVI, Vikram Pralhad appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- 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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Mr Vikram Pralhad Kavi Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Archana Kavi Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEFRIEND A CHILD→ SC299928 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| BETA HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC838317 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BLISS SCOTLAND (CHARITY) LIMITED→ SC365557 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| BRIDUN LIMITED→ SC299939 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
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| CLARK DENTAL CLINIC HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC843149 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLARK DENTAL CLINIC LTD.→ SC324388 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| CLEAR COSMETICS LTD→ SC742126 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities
Registered office
Crown Dental Group
83 Crown Street
Aberdeen
AB11 6EX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KAVI, Archana, Dr→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2013-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KAVI, Vikram Pralhad→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2013-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited in Its Capacity as Security Trustee for and on Behalf of the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01) | A registered charge | — | 13/06/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/07/2014 | 17/06/2022 |
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-18
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
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14