AVONDALE DP LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC792087 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-11
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£285.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 2.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £285,910

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
Net Worth
£286k
Current Assets
£75k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£1.21M
Current assets£75.5k
Cash£20.1k
Debtors£41.3k
Net assets£285.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2024-10-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-05-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-05-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Unity Trust Bank PLC
  7. 2024-05-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Unity Trust Bank PLC
  8. 2023-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AVONDALE DP LIMITED
  9. 2023-12-11
    MCLAUGHLIN, Liam Allan, Dr appointed
    director
  10. 2023-12-11
    📄
    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 2.4 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Liam Allan Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1990 · age 36
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control11/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

14 Ledcameroch Crescent
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 4AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Liam Allan, Dr
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-12-11
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Unity Trust Bank
Unity Trust Bank PLC
A registered charge08/05/2024
outstanding
Unity Trust Bank
Unity Trust Bank PLC
A registered charge08/05/2024
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-11