BEST HEARING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC748989 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-01
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
£6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,780

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 129% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£23k-£10k£2k£15k£28k£41kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£8.3k£61.2k
Current assets£41.4k£25.5k
Net assets£6.8k£-23.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-26
    EDGAR, Joanne Margaret, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-12-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEST HEARING LIMITED
  8. 2022-11-01
    DARROCH PATERSON, Susan appointed
    director
  9. 2022-11-01
    EDGAR, Iain appointed
    director
  10. 2022-11-01
    PATERSON, Frazer appointed
    director
  11. 2022-11-01
    EDGAR, Joanne Margaret, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  12. 2022-11-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Edgar
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Frazer Patersonceased 01/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2022-11-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

110 Clifton Road
Mid Calder
EH53 0PN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DARROCH PATERSON, Susan
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
EDGAR, Iain
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
PATERSON, Frazer
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
EDGAR, Joanne Margaret, Elizabeth
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-11-01 · resigned 2025-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-01