CORSTORPHINE CHIROPRACTIC LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC567997 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-06
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 5 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 64
  • · Bankability: 75 → 65
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 5 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 5 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Deal-killer verdict: workablecomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7264
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7565
  • PSC count: 20
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£30.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice 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: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £30,273
Cash YoY
+160%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£36k
↑ 160% YoY
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↑ 150% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£8k£15k£23k£30k£38kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£30.4k£16.7k
Current assets£37.8k£15.1k
Cash£36.1k£13.9k
Debtors£1.7k£1.2k
Net assets£30.3k£16.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2018-04-02
    SIMPSON, David Thomas Nattrass appointed
    director
  11. 2018-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-04-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CORSTORPHINE CHIROPRACTIC LIMITED
  15. 2017-06-06
    SIMPSON, Georgina appointed
    director
  16. 2017-06-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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: 2026-06-12

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

1b Drum Brae Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 8TE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SIMPSON, David Thomas Nattrass
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-04-02
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SIMPSON, Georgina
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-06
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-19