SMILE DENTAL CARE LINWOOD LTD
🌱Startupactive
SC842223 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-21
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
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: low (53/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs SMILE DENTAL CARE LINWOOD LTD
- 2025-03-21➕BYRNE, Michael John appointedsecretary
- 2025-03-21➕BYRNE, Fiona Gillian appointeddirector
- 2025-03-21➕BYRNE, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2025-03-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Fiona Gillian Byrne Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 21/03/2025 |
Mr Michael John Byrne Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/03/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities
Registered office
64 Bridge Street
Linwood
Paisley
PA3 3DR
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BYRNE, Michael John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-03-21
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BYRNE, Fiona Gillian→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-03-21
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BYRNE, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-03-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/09/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (6 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-21