PLASTIC SURGERY WEST ONE LTD.

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SC234223 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-17
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£5.51M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hospital activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,508,201
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£626k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£5.5m
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£4.1m
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.1m£2.2m£3.3m£4.4m£5.5mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£5.51M£5.20M
Current assets£4.12M£4.39M
Cash£626.1k£862.7k
Debtors£3.41M£3.44M
Net assets£5.51M£5.20M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-07-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-07-24
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    ROSS, Theresa Marie appointed
    director
  14. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-10-31
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  18. 2011-06-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  19. 2009-11-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  20. 2009-07-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  21. 2004-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 2002-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As PLASTIC SURGERY WEST ONE LTD.
  23. 2002-07-17
    ➕
    ROSS, Theresa Marie appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-07-17
    ➕
    ROSS, David Anthony, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2002-07-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-07-17
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-07-17
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-07-17
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr David Anthony Ross
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86101 — Hospital activities

Registered office

15 Manor Place
Edinburgh
EH3 7DH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROSS, Theresa Marie→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-17
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Active
ROSS, David Anthony, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-17
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Active
ROSS, Theresa Marie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-07-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-17 · resigned 2002-07-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-17 · resigned 2002-07-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Marine mortgage1 property31/10/2011—
outstanding
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Marine mortgage1 property01/06/2011—
outstanding
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Marine mortgage1 property17/11/2009—
outstanding
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Marine mortgage1 property29/07/2009—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Legal charge1 property03/12/2004—
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-26