ABSOLUTE DENTAL STUDIOS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11364398 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -90% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,976
Cash draining
Cash down 90% YoY
Cash YoY
-90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£203
↓ 90% YoY
Net Worth
-£29k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£29k-£12k£6k£23k£41k£58kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£710£-9.7k
Current assets£58.1k£42.4k
Cash£203£2.0k
Debtors£57.9k£40.4k
Net assets£-29.0k£-19.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-22
    CATESBY, Lois Kallie appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-10-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE DENTAL STUDIOS LIMITED
  12. 2018-05-16
    HICKEY, Brian Michael appointed
    director
  13. 2018-05-16
    HICKEY, Michelle Elaine appointed
    director
  14. 2018-05-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Brian Michael Hickey
Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/05/2018
Mrs Michelle Elaine Hickey
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

2 Aspen Close
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG2 8SJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CATESBY, Lois Kallie
secretary · appointed 2024-10-22
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Active
HICKEY, Brian Michael
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-05-16
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Active
HICKEY, Michelle Elaine
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-16
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-02-18