C & N DOHERTY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC494984 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-13
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 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£195
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £195
Cash YoY
+108%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↑ 108% YoY
Net Worth
£195
↑ 122% YoY
Current Assets
£123k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£872£24k£49k£73k£98k£123kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£102.0k£116.1k
Current assets£122.8k£106.1k
Cash£14.6k£7.0k
Debtors£106.7k£97.5k
Net assets£195£-872

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2015-12-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2015-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As C & N DOHERTY LTD
  17. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Craig appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Natalie Marisa appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOHERTY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Doherty
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Natalie Marisa Doherty
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

25 Churchill Road
Kilmacolm
PA13 4NA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOHERTY, Craig→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Active
DOHERTY, Natalie Marisa→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Active

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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
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—18/12/2015—
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13