543 DENTAL CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04610288 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-05

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£1.41M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 19.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — 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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (8 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,405,069

Cash YoY

+94%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£509k

↑ 94% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£988k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£2.01M	£1.87M
Current assets	£988.2k	£649.0k
Cash	£509.5k	£263.0k
Debtors	£436.0k	£343.3k
Net assets	£1.41M	£1.20M

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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2023-10-17
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2023-10-16
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-06
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capital · SH01
2023-10-03
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2023-09-27
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capital · SH01
2023-08-09
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2022-08-08
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2021-08-21
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2020-07-15
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2018-01-22
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THEAKER, Cornelia appointed
director
2018-01-22
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THORNTON, Alan resigned
director
2015-10-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2015-06-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-12-01
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THORNTON, Alan resigned
director
2009-11-25
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GARDENER, Melanie Elizabeth appointed
director
2009-11-25
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THORNTON, Alan appointed
director
2009-11-25
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THORNTON, Alan appointed
director
2007-04-30
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GROOMBRIDGE, Christopher John appointed
secretary
2007-04-30
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SHIELDS, Timothy John resigned
secretary
2006-10-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2006-08-08
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WARD, David Charles, Dr appointed
director
2006-08-08
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WARD, Jennifer Mary, Dr appointed
director
2006-07-18
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GROOMBRIDGE, Christopher John appointed
director
2006-07-18
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GROOMBRIDGE, Julie Elisabeth resigned
director
2006-03-27
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GROOMBRIDGE, Duncan James resigned
secretary
2006-03-27
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SHIELDS, Timothy John appointed
secretary
2002-12-05
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Company incorporated
As 543 DENTAL CENTRE LIMITED
2002-12-05
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GROOMBRIDGE, Duncan James appointed
director
2002-12-05
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GROOMBRIDGE, John Frederick appointed
director
2002-12-05
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GROOMBRIDGE, Duncan James appointed
secretary
2002-12-05
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-05
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-05
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GROOMBRIDGE, Julie Elisabeth appointed
director
2002-12-05
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-12-05
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan James Groombridge Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/09/2023
Mr Christopher John Groombridge Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/09/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Frederick Groombridgeceased 20/09/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated2002-12-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

543 Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 6HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20