PHYSIO FIRST CENTRE (GRIMSBY) LIMITED

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06038758 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,053
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£10k-£3k£3k£10k£17k£23kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£10.9k£9.5k
Current assets£23.3k£23.5k
Cash£15.5k£15.8k
Debtors£6.5k£6.2k
Net assets£-5.1k£-10.1k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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  2. 2024-10-14
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  3. 2023-10-13
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  4. 2023-09-22
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  5. 2022-09-12
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  6. 2021-10-19
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  7. 2021-05-24
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  8. 2020-11-09
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  9. 2019-10-07
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  10. 2018-09-08
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  11. 2017-09-19
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  12. 2016-09-19
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  13. 2016-01-21
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  14. 2016-01-06
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  15. 2015-12-23
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    KROSS, Valerie Saskia appointed
    director
  16. 2015-10-09
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  17. 2013-05-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2012-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2007-01-24
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    KROSS, Valerie Saskia appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-01-24
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    CLARK, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-02
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    Company incorporated
    As PHYSIO FIRST CENTRE (GRIMSBY) LIMITED
  22. 2007-01-02
    ➕
    HOUTSNEE, Louis William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-02
    ➕
    CLARK, Stephen John appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Louis William Houtsnee
Individual · Dutch · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The Medi-Train Centre
King Edward Street
Grimsby
N E Lincolnshire
DN31 3LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KROSS, Valerie Saskia→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-24
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Active
HOUTSNEE, Louis William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-01-02
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Active
KROSS, Valerie Saskia→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-12-23
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Active
CLARK, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-02 · resigned 2007-01-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property16/05/2013—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/10/2012—
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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
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2025-10-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
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accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
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address · AD01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-10