VICTORIA SQUARE DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07052438 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-21
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 3.6y

35/100
under pressure

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

  • · Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 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, 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
19 officers (1 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£64k£127k£191k£254k£318kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets£250.8k
Current assets£318.1k
Net assets£232.3k
Average employees9

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
2
filings
  • 2 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 mortgage
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-04-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2026-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-10-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2025-10-09
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    Charge satisfied #3
  8. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-01-19
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  12. 2023-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2023-01-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-12-20
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  16. 2022-12-20
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  17. 2022-12-20
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  18. 2022-11-08
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  19. 2022-11-08
    ✏️
    change-of-name-request-comments
    change-of-name · NM06
  20. 2022-11-08
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  21. 2022-11-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2022-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2022-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2022-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  25. 2022-10-17
    ASHRAF, Adnan appointed
    director
  26. 2022-10-17
    ROSEBY, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  27. 2022-10-17
    PRASAD, Manish resigned
    director
  28. 2022-10-17
    STORAH, Richard resigned
    director
  29. 2022-10-17
    WHITLEY, Krista Nyree resigned
    director
  30. 2022-10-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  31. 2022-10-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  32. 2022-10-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  33. 2020-01-31
    CARROLL, Leo Damian resigned
    secretary
  34. 2020-01-31
    ROSEBY, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  35. 2019-04-05
    SHAFI KHAN, Mohammed Omar resigned
    director
  36. 2019-04-05
    STORAH, Richard appointed
    director
  37. 2017-10-16
    SHAFI KHAN, Mohammed Omar appointed
    director
  38. 2017-10-12
    SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara resigned
    director
  39. 2017-07-31
    CARROLL, Leo Damian appointed
    secretary
  40. 2017-07-31
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark resigned
    secretary
  41. 2017-07-31
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark resigned
    director
  42. 2017-07-31
    SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara appointed
    director
  43. 2017-07-31
    WHITLEY, Krista Nyree appointed
    director
  44. 2017-07-31
    WILLIAMS, Stephen Robert resigned
    director
  45. 2014-10-31
    MCDONALD, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  46. 2014-10-31
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark appointed
    secretary
  47. 2014-02-01
    PRASAD, Manish appointed
    director
  48. 2014-02-01
    ROBSON, William Henry Mark appointed
    director
  49. 2014-01-31
    FENN, Andrew Kevin resigned
    director
  50. 2012-11-08
    MCDONALD, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 65 events

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 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Bismillah Personal Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bismillah Personal Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
VICTORIA SQUARE DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED
This company · 07052438

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bismillah Personal Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/11/2022
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Adnan Ashrafceased 04/11/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest
  • Whitecross Dental Care Limitedceased 17/10/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Turnstone Equityco 1 Limitedceased 17/10/2022· board control

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2009-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

11 Billinge Close
Blackburn
BB2 6SB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (1 active · 18 resigned)

ASHRAF, Adnan
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARROLL, Leo Damian
secretary · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
MCDONALD, Elizabeth
secretary · appointed 2012-11-08 · resigned 2014-10-31
Resigned
MORRIS, Andrew
secretary · appointed 2010-04-30 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
PERKIN, Jeremy
secretary · appointed 2011-12-31 · resigned 2012-11-08
Resigned
ROBSON, William Henry Mark
secretary · appointed 2014-10-31 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
ROSEBY, Stephen
secretary · appointed 2020-01-31 · resigned 2022-10-17
Resigned
FENN, Andrew Kevin
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-04-30 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
MARKEY, Shane Malachy, Dr
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-10-21 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
PRASAD, Manish
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2022-10-17
Resigned
ROBINSON, Darrin John Peter
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-30 · resigned 2011-05-06
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 2019-04-05
Resigned
SPINDLER, Annette Monique Lara
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-12
Resigned
STORAH, Richard
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-04-05 · resigned 2022-10-17
Resigned
WALKER, Lindsey
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2011-12-31
Resigned
WEIR, Joanne
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-30 · resigned 2011-03-04
Resigned
WHITLEY, Krista Nyree
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2022-10-17
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Stephen Robert
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge17/10/202209/10/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge17/10/202224/04/2026
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties17/10/202224/04/2026

Recent filings (120 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-01-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-01-07
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2022-12-20