PINEWOOD DENTAL LABORATORY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC384385 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,923,108
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.5m
↑ 7.7% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£585k£1.2m£1.8m£2.3m£2.9mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Cash£2.49M£2.31M
Net assets£2.92M£2.74M

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

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3 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-04-27
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-03-01
    ➕
    COPLAND, Karen Louise appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-17
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-10-17
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  11. 2022-10-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2022-10-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-09-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Pinewood Dental Laboratory Limited
  19. 2010-08-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PINEWOOD DENTAL LABORATORY LTD.
  20. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    MICHAEL, Aileen appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    MICHAEL, James Ferguson appointed
    director
  22. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-08-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-27
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Aileen Michael
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2016
Mr James Ferguson Michael
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/08/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6-7 Queens Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COPLAND, Karen Louise→
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MICHAEL, Aileen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MICHAEL, James Ferguson→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2010-08-27
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2010-08-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pinewood Dental Laboratory
Pinewood Dental Laboratory Limited
Standard security1 property29/09/2011—
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Recent filings (44 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-27
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-10-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-10-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31