ARM DENTIST LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC702215 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£139.4k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
10 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £139,374
Net assets shrinking
Down £47,380 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£139k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£195k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£48k£96k£145k£193k£241kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£140.7k£188.0k
Current assets£195.3k£241.2k
Net assets£139.4k£186.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 capital
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARM DENTIST LIMITED
  7. 2021-06-21
    MARTIN, Alistair appointed
    director
  8. 2021-06-21
    MARTIN, Susan appointed
    director
  9. 2021-06-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Alistair Martin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
2550%
25-50% shares21/06/2021
Mrs Susan Martin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
2550%
25-50% shares21/06/2021

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
Incorporated2021-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

Springbank House
Stewarton
Kilmarnock
KA3 5JY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, Alistair
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-06-21
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Active
MARTIN, Susan
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-06-21
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-21