ADAM SMITH PODIATRY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806446 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-04-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAM SMITH PODIATRY LTD
  4. 2024-04-10
    MCMULLAN, Johanna appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-10
    SMITH, Adam Edwin appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Adam Edwin Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/04/2024
Miss Johanna Mcmullan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

7 Salt Preston Place
Prestonpans
EH32 9SQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-23
Last: 2025-04-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCMULLAN, Johanna
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-04-10
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Active
SMITH, Adam Edwin
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-04-10
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-10