DENTAL CRAFT IRELAND LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI073324 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-28
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees400400

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

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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-06-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, Sam William Thomas appointed
    director
  5. 2024-05-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-05-20
    ➖
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-19
    ➕
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles appointed
    director
  9. 2024-03-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-03-13
    ➕
    HUGHES, Jacqueline Margaret Anne appointed
    secretary
  11. 2024-03-13
    ➖
    HUGHES, Sam William Thomas resigned
    secretary
  12. 2024-03-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2024-03-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-08-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2021-08-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2021-08-23
    ➕
    HUGHES, Sam William Thomas appointed
    secretary
  20. 2021-08-23
    ➖
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles resigned
    secretary
  21. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-12-04
    ➖
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles resigned
    director
  23. 2020-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2009-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As DENTAL CRAFT IRELAND LTD
  27. 2009-07-28
    ➕
    HUGHES, Jacqueline Margaret Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2009-07-28
    ➕
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles appointed
    secretary
  29. 2009-07-28
    ➕
    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  30. 2009-07-28
    ➖
    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary
  31. 2009-07-28
    ➕
    HUGHES, Trevor Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Margaret Anne Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Trevor Charles Hughesceased 20/05/2024· 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
Incorporated2009-07-28
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

23 Simpsons Brae
Londonderry
BT47 6DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HUGHES, Jacqueline Margaret Anne→
secretary · appointed 2024-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Jacqueline Margaret Anne→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-07-28
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Active
HUGHES, Sam William Thomas→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Sam William Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2021-08-23 · resigned 2024-03-13
Resigned
HUGHES, Trevor Charles→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-28 · resigned 2021-08-23
Resigned
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-28 · resigned 2009-07-28
Resigned
HUGHES, Trevor Charles→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-03-19 · resigned 2024-05-20
Resigned
HUGHES, Trevor Charles→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-07-28 · resigned 2020-12-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29