TAHER & MCCALLUM OPTICIANS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC447679 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£115.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed healthcare with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £115,335

Cash draining

Cash down 46% YoY

Cash YoY

-46%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

↓ 46% YoY

Net Worth

£115k

↑ 5.0% YoY

Current Assets

£72k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£367.4k	£397.1k
Current assets	£71.6k	£81.8k
Cash	£13.4k	£24.8k
Debtors	£29.4k	£24.6k
Net assets	£115.3k	£109.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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2022-11-30
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2022-04-11
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2021-05-28
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accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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2019-05-29
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2018-05-30
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2017-05-24
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2017-04-24
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2017-04-24
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2016-11-25
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2016-05-26
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2015-07-10
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2015-01-12
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2013-04-15
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Company incorporated
As TAHER & MCCALLUM OPTICIANS LIMITED
2013-04-15
➕
TAHER, Bettina appointed
director
2013-04-15
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TAHER, Kerry appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TAHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

44/100

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 13 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-29

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Bettina Taher Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2017
Mr Kerry Taher Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-04-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

3 Gryffe Place

Main Street

Bridge Of Weir

PA11 3PD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-29OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAHER, Bettina→

director · ~49y · appointed 2013-04-15

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Active

TAHER, Kerry→

director · ~52y · appointed 2013-04-15

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-11-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-20

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2022-04-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-05-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-08-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-04-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-04-23