ASHLOW BRACES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11013267 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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 bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-02-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHLOW BRACES LIMITED
- 2017-10-16➕NASR, Inas, Dr appointeddirector
- 2017-10-16➕YAQOOB, Omar, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Dr Omar Yaqoob Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 16/10/2017 |
Dr Inas Nasr Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities
Registered office
Ashlow Orthodontic Practice Ashlands Avenue
Hartshill
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6BN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
NASR, Inas, Dr→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2017-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YAQOOB, Omar, Dr→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2017-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/01/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (28 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-26