ALL CERAMICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00930870 · ltd · incorporated 1968-04-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Dental practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 52.7y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 52.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

123 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-08
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officers · TM02
2026-04-04
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BESANT, Janice resigned
secretary
2025-10-16
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officers · AP01
2025-10-16
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-16
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-16
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-16
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Charge satisfied #6
2025-10-16
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Charge satisfied #5
2025-10-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2025-10-14
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GROVE, George Gerald appointed
director
2025-04-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-11
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2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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accounts · AA
2023-10-12
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officers · CH01
2023-05-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-03
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2021-11-03
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2021-10-15
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2021-02-19
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accounts · AA
2020-04-20
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GROVE, Mark Gerald resigned
director
2018-04-01
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GAFFNEY, Linda appointed
secretary
2018-04-01
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NIGHTINGALE, Jane appointed
secretary
2018-04-01
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BESANT, Janice appointed
secretary
2018-01-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-01-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-01-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-09-01
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CLARKE, Stephen John resigned
director
2005-08-31
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BYRNE, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2005-03-14
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-02-22
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-02-22
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-04-30
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BESANT, Alan Jackie appointed
secretary
2002-04-30
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BESANT, Alan Jackie appointed
director
2002-04-30
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NIGHTINGALE, Derek John appointed
director
2002-04-30
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MORGAN, Henry Stanley resigned
secretary
2002-04-30
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GROVE, Mark Gerald appointed
director
2002-04-30
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MORGAN, Henry Stanley resigned
director
2001-08-31
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BIXLEY, Geoffrey John resigned
director
1997-08-01
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CLARKE, Stephen John appointed
director
1979-02-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1976-11-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: H.S. Morgan
1973-11-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1968-04-22
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Company incorporated
As ALL CERAMICS LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Jackie Besant Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	04/04/2026
Mr George Gerald Grove Individual · British · DOB 02/2007 · age 19	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/03/2025

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David John Gaffneyceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
Ms Linda Gaffneyceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
Mr Mark Gerald Groveceased 03/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Alan Jackie Besantceased 06/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Derek John Nightingaleceased 06/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1968-04-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

94 Elm Road

New Malden

Surrey

KT3 3HW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01