DR JOHN FAIRLIE DENTISTRY LTD

🌱Startupactive

SC825188 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-08

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£50.1k

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: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

3 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £50,148

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£50k

Current Assets

£68k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31
Total assets	£50.1k
Current assets	£67.8k
Net assets	£50.1k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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Company incorporated
As DR JOHN FAIRLIE DENTISTRY LTD
2024-10-08
➕
FAIRLIE, John, Dr appointed
director
2024-10-08
➕
WANG, Chin-Yu appointed
director
2024-10-08
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 "FAIRLIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr John Fairlie Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/10/2024

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

Incorporated2024-10-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

47-49 The Square

Kelso

TD5 7HW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRLIE, John, Dr→

director · ~47y · appointed 2024-10-08

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Active

WANG, Chin-Yu→

director · ~48y · appointed 2024-10-08

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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-20

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-10-08