BRENDAN CARR LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC625286 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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 -86% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,281
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,548 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 86% YoY
Cash YoY
-86%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 86% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 954% YoY
Current Assets
£219k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£2k£42k£86k£130k£175k£219kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-2.3k£267
Current assets£218.7k£215.5k
Cash£3.5k£24.8k
Debtors£215.2k£190.8k
Net assets£-2.3k£267

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-09-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-06-01
    ➕
    CARR, Ashifa appointed
    director
  11. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2019-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2019-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRENDAN CARR LTD
  17. 2019-03-22
    ➕
    CARR, Brendan James appointed
    director
  18. 2019-03-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

94/100
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 "CARR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Brendan James Carr
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/03/2019
Mrs Ashifa Carr
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/03/2019

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
Incorporated2019-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

6 Gleneagles Avenue
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G68 0EY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARR, Ashifa→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-06-01
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Active
CARR, Brendan James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-03-22
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/10/201930/09/2025

Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21