FIRST CHOICE DENTAL LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +30%

  £2,440,284 → £3,172,450

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +2.2%

  £194,351,069 → £198,584,330

• Employees

  +9.1%

  66 → 72

• Operating profit

  -34.8%

  £6,577,482 → £4,287,450

• Profit before tax

  -34.8%

  £6,577,482 → £4,290,666

• Wages

  +10.8%

  £1,354,810 → £1,501,545

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate having given consideration to the funding requirements of the company together with the confirmation of continued financial support from the ultimate parent company (which, following completion of the Bridgepoint transaction, is Sparkle Topco Limited) and an expectation that the amount owed by and owed to the group undertakings will not be settled within 12 months. The directors have received confirmation that the ultimate parent company will support the company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed, and therefore the going concern of the company is dependent on the going concern of the parent company.”

Group structure

1. FIRST CHOICE DENTAL LIMITED · parent
   1. Alison Brett Dental Care LLP 100% · United Kingdom · provision of dental services

Significant events

• “Subsequent to the year end, on 18 July 2025, the group entered into a binding Share Purchase Agreement whereby funds managed by Bridgepoint Advisors Limited ('Bridgepoint') would acquire a majority shareholding in the company's ultimate parent undertaking, Turnstone Equityco 1 Limited ('the Bridgepoint transaction'). The transaction subsequently completed on 14 October 2025, with Sparkle Bidco Limited acquiring 100% of the share capital of Turnstone Equityco 1 Limited. The group's existing third-party borrowings were also re-financed in full on the same date (see note 21 for further details).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.