ADELPHI ORTHODONTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03550418 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-22
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32500
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.2 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 (81/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees800800

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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  2. 2025-02-24
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  4. 2024-09-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Funding Circle Limited
  5. 2024-02-12
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  6. 2023-02-20
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  7. 2022-02-21
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  8. 2021-05-21
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-02-26
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  12. 2020-06-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2020-03-19
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  14. 2020-01-11
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  15. 2019-12-02
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  16. 2019-11-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
  17. 2018-11-24
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  18. 2017-11-02
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  19. 2012-04-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2000-09-04
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    PATEL, Hemant Ambalal appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-09-04
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    HARTLEY, Mark Graham resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-07-23
    ➕
    PATEL, Hemant Ambalal appointed
    director
  23. 1999-07-23
    ➕
    PATEL, Kirti appointed
    director
  24. 1999-07-23
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    SHAH, Mina Kumari resigned
    director
  25. 1998-06-04
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    HARTLEY, Mark Graham appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-06-04
    ➕
    SHAH, Mina Kumari appointed
    director
  27. 1998-05-29
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-05-29
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  29. 1998-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADELPHI ORTHODONTICS LIMITED
  30. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-04-22
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mr Akhil Patel
Individual · British · DOB 12/1994 · age 32
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/04/2017

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

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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
Incorporated1998-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500

Registered office

334 Whitchurch Lane
Edgware
HA8 6QX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PATEL, Hemant Ambalal→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Hemant Ambalal→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Kirti→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARTLEY, Mark Graham→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-04 · resigned 2000-09-04
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned
SHAH, Mina Kumari→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-06-04 · resigned 1999-07-23
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Funding Circle
Funding Circle Limited
A registered charge1 property20/09/2024—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
A registered charge1 property27/11/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property10/04/2012—
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Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23