BLACK SWAN DENTAL SPA LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07895236 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-03
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
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.4y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2800 | 2600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-18➖EL-NOUNU, Ghassan Fawzi resigneddirector
- 2025-08-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-10-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited
- 2022-09-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-09-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-04-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-04-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-03-18➕EL-NOUNU, Ghassan Fawzi appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-04-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-02-26➕AL-KHABASS, Fatima Fakhri Deeb appointedsecretary
- 2012-02-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Stephen Derrick David
- 2012-01-03🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK SWAN DENTAL SPA LIMITED
- 2012-01-03➕NOUNU, Ahmad Ghassan Fawzi, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ahmad Nounu Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/01/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ghassan Nounuceased 03/01/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
- Ms Fatima Al-Khabassceased 03/01/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities
Registered office
Black Swan Dental Spa Unit 2
16 Falkland Square
Crewkerne
Somerset
TA18 7JS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
AL-KHABASS, Fatima Fakhri Deeb→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NOUNU, Ahmad Ghassan Fawzi, Dr→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2012-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EL-NOUNU, Ghassan Fawzi→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2021-03-18 · resigned 2025-08-18
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | South West Investment Group (Capital) South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited | A registered charge | — | 31/10/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 23/04/2020 | 15/09/2022 | |
| satisfied | Stephen Derrick David | Debenture | 1 property | 29/02/2012 | 07/07/2020 |
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Recent filings (56 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-15