SALCOMBE DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06005190 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86230Dental practice activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (1 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees6700

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
0
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 (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-12-31
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  4. 2023-12-29
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  5. 2023-03-20
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  6. 2022-04-20
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  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-03-30
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  9. 2019-12-30
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  10. 2019-01-16
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-04
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  12. 2018-12-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-12-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-12-04
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  15. 2018-12-04
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  16. 2018-12-04
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  17. 2018-11-30
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    SULTAN, Omar, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2018-11-30
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    CARROLL, Leo Damian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2018-11-30
    ➖
    PRASAD, Manish resigned
    director
  20. 2018-11-30
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    SHAFI KHAN, Mohammed Omar resigned
    director
  21. 2018-11-30
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    WHITLEY, Krista Nyree resigned
    director
  22. 2017-10-16
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    SHAFI KHAN, Mohammed Omar appointed
    director
  23. 2017-10-12
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    SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara resigned
    director
  24. 2017-07-31
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    CARROLL, Leo Damian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark resigned
    secretary
  26. 2017-07-31
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    ROBSON, William Henry Mark resigned
    director
  27. 2017-07-31
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    SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara appointed
    director
  28. 2017-07-31
    ➕
    WHITLEY, Krista Nyree appointed
    director
  29. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Stephen Robert resigned
    director
  30. 2014-10-31
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    MCDONALD, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  31. 2014-10-31
    ➕
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark appointed
    secretary
  32. 2014-02-01
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    PRASAD, Manish appointed
    director
  33. 2014-02-01
    ➕
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark appointed
    director
  34. 2014-01-31
    ➖
    FENN, Andrew Kevin resigned
    director
  35. 2013-11-30
    ➖
    SMITH, Richard Charles resigned
    director
  36. 2012-11-08
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    MCDONALD, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  37. 2011-12-31
    ➖
    WALKER, Lindsey resigned
    secretary
  38. 2011-07-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  39. 2011-07-19
    ➖
    DUNNING, Micheal resigned
    secretary
  40. 2011-07-19
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    WALKER, Lindsey appointed
    secretary
  41. 2011-07-19
    ➖
    DUNNING, Kathryn, Dr resigned
    director
  42. 2011-07-19
    ➕
    FENN, Andrew Kevin appointed
    director
  43. 2011-07-19
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  44. 2010-07-19
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    SMITH, Richard Charles appointed
    director
  45. 2006-12-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  46. 2006-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As SALCOMBE DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED
  47. 2006-11-21
    ➕
    DUNNING, Micheal appointed
    secretary
  48. 2006-11-21
    ➕
    DUNNING, Kathryn, Dr appointed
    director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Omar Sultan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/11/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Idh Acquisitions Limitedceased 30/11/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Turnstone Equityco 1 Limitedceased 30/11/2018· board control

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

46a Hampton Lane
Solihull
B91 2PZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (1 active · 14 resigned)

SULTAN, Omar, Dr→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARROLL, Leo Damian→
secretary · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
DUNNING, Micheal→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-21 · resigned 2011-07-19
Resigned
MCDONALD, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2012-11-08 · resigned 2014-10-31
Resigned
ROBSON, William Henry Mark→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-31 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
WALKER, Lindsey→
secretary · appointed 2011-07-19 · resigned 2011-12-31
Resigned
DUNNING, Kathryn, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-11-21 · resigned 2011-07-19
Resigned
FENN, Andrew Kevin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-07-19 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
PRASAD, Manish→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
ROBSON, William Henry Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
SHAFI KHAN, Mohammed Omar→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-10-16 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
SMITH, Richard Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-07-19 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-12
Resigned
WHITLEY, Krista Nyree→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Stephen Robert→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-07-19 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property16/12/200623/07/2011

Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03