CAROLYN CHAN LIMITED

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SC841132 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-13
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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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 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-08-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CAROLYN CHAN LIMITED
  11. 2025-03-13
    CHAN, Carolyn Jie Shi, Dr appointed
    director
  12. 2025-03-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 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

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-26

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Carolyn Jie Shi Chan
Individual · Malaysian · DOB 08/1998 · age 28
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

Unit Gb, 1 Eagle Street
Craighall Business Park
Glasgow
G4 9XA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-26OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHAN, Carolyn Jie Shi, Dr
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-03-13
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Recent filings (10 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-13