ACODENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09246672 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-02
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 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23490
Sector: Manufacturing
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 11.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 £1,152

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£230£461£691£922£1kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.2k£1.2k
Current assets£1.2k—
Net assets£1.2k£1.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
  17. 2014-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACODENT LIMITED
  18. 2014-10-02
    ➕
    MCGILLIVRAY, Roy Herbert, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2014-10-02
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Mark Henry, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Swift Dental Laboratory is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Swift Dental Laboratory
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ACODENT LIMITED
This company · 09246672

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
Swift Dental Laboratory
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2014-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23490 — SIC 23490

Registered office

Unit 3 Manchester Road
Bolton
BL2 1HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCGILLIVRAY, Roy Herbert, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-10-02
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Active
STEVENSON, Mark Henry, Mr.→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-10-02
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge—01/12/2014—
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02