ACTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CENTRES LTD

🌳Matureactive

08937017 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-13

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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-08-14
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-23
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mortgage · MR01
2015-10-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-06-16
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-21
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annual-return · AR01
2014-03-13
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CENTRES LTD
2014-03-13
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CASEY, David appointed
director
2014-03-13
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CASEY, Rosemary appointed
director
2014-03-13
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2014-03-13
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

74/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Casey Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Casey Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-03-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

Bowden House

36 Northampton Road

Market Harborough

Leicestershire

LE16 9HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-04

Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CASEY, David→

director · ~59y · appointed 2014-03-13

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Active

CASEY, Rosemary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2014-03-13

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2014-03-13 · resigned 2014-03-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	19/10/2015	—

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