CENTRAL ORTHO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC401850 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-11
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2019-10-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL ORTHO LIMITED
  18. 2011-06-16
    ➕
    NANDHRA, Jasbir Singh, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-16
    ➕
    NANDHRA, Saranjit Singh, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Jasbir Singh Nandhra
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Dr Saranjit Singh Nandhra
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2011-06-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

67 Kirkton Street
Carluke
Lanarkshire
Scotland
ML8 4AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

NANDHRA, Jasbir Singh, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-06-16
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Active
NANDHRA, Saranjit Singh, Dr→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-06-16
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2019-11-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-30