PRACO PODIATRY SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC425088 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2023-10-10
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  5. 2023-09-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-07-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2019-08-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2019-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-01-01
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    VETO, John Anthony resigned
    director
  20. 2016-02-01
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    CODA, Andrea resigned
    director
  21. 2016-02-01
    ➖
    RANGRA, Prateek Kumar resigned
    director
  22. 2013-12-20
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    ALGER, Darren Tony appointed
    director
  23. 2013-12-20
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    WRIGHT, Barry appointed
    director
  24. 2013-12-20
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    VETO, John Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2013-03-11
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    RANGRA, Prateek Kumar appointed
    director
  26. 2012-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As PRACO PODIATRY SOLUTIONS LTD
  27. 2012-05-29
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    CODA, Andrea appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 12 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
Mr Darren Tony Alger
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Barry Wright
Individual · English · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2012-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

53 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALGER, Darren Tony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Barry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CODA, Andrea→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-05-29 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
RANGRA, Prateek Kumar→
director · ~39y · appointed 2013-03-11 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
VETO, John Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-20 · resigned 2018-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-10-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21