ALSTON DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09773118 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,373
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 895% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£3k£5k£7k£8kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£3.4k£4.5k
Current assets£8.4k£7.3k
Cash£5.7k£3.8k
Debtors£2.7k£3.4k
Net assets£1.4k£138

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-14
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  3. 2023-06-29
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  4. 2022-06-28
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2021-06-24
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  7. 2020-06-23
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  8. 2019-06-28
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  9. 2018-06-27
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  10. 2017-10-04
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  11. 2017-10-04
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  12. 2017-10-04
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  13. 2017-10-03
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    address · AD01
  14. 2017-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALSTON DENTAL PRACTICE LIMITED
  16. 2015-09-11
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    FOTHERINGHAM, James Francis Crispin, Dr appointed
    director
  17. 2015-09-11
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    REID FOTHERINGHAM, Marcia Elaine appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-11
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Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr James Francis Crispin Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
50–75%
50–75%sig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Ms Marcia Elaine Reid Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2015-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

Moat View
Moatside
Brampton
Cumbria
CA8 1UH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOTHERINGHAM, James Francis Crispin, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-11
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Active
REID FOTHERINGHAM, Marcia Elaine→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-09-11
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-28