21ST CENTURY CLINIC LTD

💤Zombieactive
03270642 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees1100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-15
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    BOYDE, Nicholas Caine resigned
    director
  8. 2021-11-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2021-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 1999-06-30
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    BOYDE, Nicholas Caine appointed
    director
  20. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Peter Graham resigned
    director
  21. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    BOYDE, Tom Robin Caine, Professor appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    BOYDE, Tom Robin Caine, Professor appointed
    director
  23. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    GRANT, Michael Frederick resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    GRANT, Patricia Mary resigned
    secretary
  25. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    GRANT, Michael Frederick resigned
    director
  26. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    GRANT, Patricia Mary resigned
    director
  27. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Peter Graham appointed
    director
  28. 1996-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 21ST CENTURY CLINIC LTD
  29. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    GRANT, Michael Frederick appointed
    secretary
  30. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    GRANT, Patricia Mary appointed
    secretary
  31. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1996-10-29
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    GRANT, Michael Frederick appointed
    director
  34. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    GRANT, Patricia Mary appointed
    director
  35. 1996-10-29
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1996-10-29
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Tom Robin Caine Boyde
Individual · British · DOB 08/1932 · age 94
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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
Incorporated1996-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

Flat 209 Duncan House Dolphin Square
London
SW1V 3PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

BOYDE, Tom Robin Caine, Professor→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYDE, Tom Robin Caine, Professor→
director · ~94y · appointed 1996-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Michael Frederick→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
GRANT, Patricia Mary→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-10-29
Resigned
BOYDE, Nicholas Caine→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2021-11-15
Resigned
GRANT, Michael Frederick→
director · ~92y · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
GRANT, Patricia Mary→
director · ~97y · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
ROBERTS, Peter Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-12-17 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-04-21