COLONIC HEALTH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC784400 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-29
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 9 → 10
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 910
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-2.7k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,688

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£188
Net Worth
-£3k
Current Assets
£188
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£-2.7k
Current assets£188
Cash£188
Net assets£-2.7k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-09-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-07-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-03-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-09-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COLONIC HEALTH LTD
  9. 2023-09-29
    THAIN, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  10. 2023-09-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Miss Sarah Louise Thain
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

43 Comiston Road
Edinburgh
EH10 6AB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

THAIN, Sarah Louise
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-09-29
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Recent filings (10 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-29