JW DENTAL CARE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC710899 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,554
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 3618% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£10k£20k£49k£79k£108k£138kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-8.2k£198
Current assets£112.4k£137.8k
Cash£31.0k£98.0k
Debtors£81.5k£39.8k
Net assets£-9.6k£-257

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-03-01
    WILSON, Stephanie, Dr appointed
    director
  9. 2021-09-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JW DENTAL CARE LTD
  10. 2021-09-30
    WARDELL, Jonathan David, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2021-09-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Jonathan David Wardell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

Dental Accountants Scotland Station Road
Cornerstone House
Selkirk
TD7 5DJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WARDELL, Jonathan David, Dr
director · ~36y · appointed 2021-09-30
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Active
WILSON, Stephanie, Dr
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-03-01
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-30