VANILLA BLUSH MEDICAL LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC434720 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-15
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 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£22.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14141
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 14142SIC 14142
  • 14190SIC 14190
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £21,971
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,425 YoY
Cash YoY
+49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£140k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£78k£116k£155k£194kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£54.0k£114.4k
Current assets£140.0k£193.8k
Cash£20.8k£14.0k
Debtors£42.9k£45.3k
Net assets£22.0k£64.4k

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

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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-12-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2019-12-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
  15. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2012-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VANILLA BLUSH MEDICAL LTD
  20. 2012-10-15
    ➕
    DAMES, Nicola Bridget appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-15
    ➕
    DAMES, Simon Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-05-22: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Michael Dames
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
Mrs Nicola Bridget Dames
Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC14141 — SIC 14141

Registered office

Pavilion 2 Minerva Way
Glasgow
G3 8AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAMES, Nicola Bridget→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-10-15
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Active
DAMES, Simon Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-10-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge—10/12/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—07/03/2018—
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26