BEECH TREE DENTAL SURGERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13293545 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-26
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
£405.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £405,481

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£405k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£431k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£91k£183k£274k£366k£457kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£408.0k£406.0k
Current assets£430.9k£457.4k
Net assets£405.5k£403.2k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-14
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    capital · SH02
  3. 2025-07-14
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    capital · SH10
  4. 2025-07-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-07-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-07-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2025-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2024-09-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2023-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-06-08
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-05-20
    MERRILL, Amelia Kate appointed
    director
  17. 2021-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BEECH TREE DENTAL SURGERY LIMITED
  19. 2021-03-26
    MERRILL, Kit appointed
    director
  20. 2021-03-26
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    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

Copper Beech Holdings (Bristol) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Copper Beech Holdings (Bristol) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BEECH TREE DENTAL SURGERY LIMITED
This company · 13293545

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
Copper Beech Holdings (Bristol) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/06/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Amelia Kate Merrillceased 01/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Kit Merrillceased 01/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2021-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

One New Street
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MERRILL, Amelia Kate
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-05-20
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Active
MERRILL, Kit
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-03-26
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-07-14
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03