AFFINITY DENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06586063 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-07
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 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£255.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 17.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £254,990

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£255k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£51k£102k£153k£204k£255kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£344.2k£335.1k
Current assets£60.1k£49.4k
Net assets£255.0k£218.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth resigned
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  2. 2026-05-18
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  4. 2024-12-31
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  7. 2022-01-28
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  8. 2021-01-03
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  9. 2019-12-31
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  10. 2018-12-31
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  11. 2018-06-16
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  12. 2018-06-04
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    SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  13. 2017-12-31
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  14. 2016-12-30
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  15. 2016-05-19
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  17. 2015-05-27
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  18. 2013-04-01
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    MCPHERSON, William Alastair appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-01
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    MCPHERSON, William Alastair appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-04-01
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    MCPHERSON, William Alastair resigned
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth resigned
    director
  22. 2008-11-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  23. 2008-11-01
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    MCPHERSON, William Alastair appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-11-01
    ➖
    MCPHERSON, William Alastair resigned
    secretary
  25. 2008-11-01
    ➖
    MCPHERSON, William Alastair resigned
    secretary
  26. 2008-11-01
    ➕
    SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2008-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  28. 2008-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AFFINITY DENTAL LIMITED
  29. 2008-05-07
    ➕
    MCPHERSON, Linda appointed
    director
  30. 2008-05-07
    ➕
    MCPHERSON, William Alastair appointed
    secretary
  31. 2008-05-07
    ➕
    MCPHERSON, William Alastair appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Alastair Mcpherson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Mcpherson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

8 David Street North
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL12 0JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MCPHERSON, William Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
MCPHERSON, Linda→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-07
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Active
MCPHERSON, William Alastair→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-04-01
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Active
MCPHERSON, William Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-01 · resigned 2008-11-01
Resigned
MCPHERSON, William Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-07 · resigned 2008-11-01
Resigned
MCPHERSON, William Alastair→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-07 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-06-04 · resigned 2026-05-18
Resigned
SLOANE, Diane Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-11-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property04/11/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/10/2008—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-18
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accounts · AA
2026-02-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
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accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-22
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accounts · AA
2021-01-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31