DATT ORTHO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC300276 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-04
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 67 → 81
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • ↑Opportunity score: 67 → 81
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hospital activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-12-16
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  3. 2025-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
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    officers · CH01
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  7. 2025-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
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  8. 2025-05-15
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-05-15
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  10. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2023-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-06-15
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-06-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-04-06
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    MANSBRIDGE, Ann Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2020-04-06
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    MANSBRIDGE, Tia Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2020-04-06
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    MANSBRIDGE, Trudy Erica appointed
    director
  23. 2006-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As DATT ORTHO LIMITED
  24. 2006-04-04
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    MANSBRIDGE, Ann Marie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-04-04
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    MANSBRIDGE, Drummond Macdonald appointed
    director
  26. 2006-04-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2006-04-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2006-04-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2006-04-04
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Drummond Macdonald Mansbridge
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
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
Incorporated2006-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86101 — Hospital activities

Registered office

5 Whitefriars Crescent
Perth
PH2 0PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MANSBRIDGE, Ann Marie→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANSBRIDGE, Ann Marie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-06
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Active
MANSBRIDGE, Drummond Macdonald→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANSBRIDGE, Tia Ann→
director · ~24y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANSBRIDGE, Trudy Erica→
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-06