BABY SCANNING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC284874 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 18.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
63 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-05-31
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  4. 2023-05-31
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  5. 2022-05-30
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  6. 2022-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  7. 2022-05-27
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  8. 2022-05-27
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  9. 2022-05-27
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    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2020-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2007-08-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  18. 2005-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BABY SCANNING LIMITED
  19. 2005-05-16
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    BHOPAL, Preeti appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-05-16
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    BHOPAL, Ashwani, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2005-05-16
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    BHOPAL, Preeti appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-05-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-05-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-05-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ash Healthcare Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ash Healthcare Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BABY SCANNING LIMITED
This company · SC284874

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
Ash Healthcare Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

35 Dalmeny Avenue
Giffnock
Glasgow
G46 7QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BHOPAL, Preeti→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHOPAL, Ashwani, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-05-16
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Active
BHOPAL, Preeti→
director · ~43y · appointed 2005-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-16 · resigned 2005-05-16
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-16 · resigned 2005-05-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property03/08/2007—
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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-12