3A CHURCH STREET LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
01279580 · ltd · incorporated 1976-09-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£6.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 38.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,156
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£19k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↓ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.6k | £8.9k |
| Current assets | £31.8k | £35.2k |
| Cash | £19.4k | £25.8k |
| Debtors | £2.0k | £1.6k |
| Net assets | £6.2k | £5.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-12📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-05-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-01➕WORRALL, Kim Michelle appointedsecretary
- 2025-01-18➖CALLINGHAM, Raymond Michael resigneddirector
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-12-01➕CALLINGHAM, Raymond Michael appointeddirector
- 2018-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-09-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-08-23➖FEE, Timothy James resigneddirector
- 2018-08-23➖MESSIAS, Darren resigneddirector
- 2017-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-11-21➖BORDUN, Stephen John resigneddirector
- 2008-04-16➖HALL, Robert Keith resignedsecretary
- 2006-03-01➕FEE, Timothy James appointeddirector
- 2006-03-01➕MESSIAS, Darren appointeddirector
- 2004-07-12➖BORDUN, Susan resigneddirector
- 2002-07-31➖SIMPSON, Barry Anthony resigneddirector
- 2001-06-01➕FLETCHER, Jane Sara appointeddirector
- 1988-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1976-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 3A CHURCH STREET LIMITED
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jane Sara Fletcher Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
44 Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Notts
NG18 1BL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
WORRALL, Kim Michelle→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FLETCHER, Jane Sara→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2001-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALL, Robert Keith→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2008-04-16
BORDUN, Stephen John→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2008-11-21
BORDUN, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · resigned 2004-07-12
CALLINGHAM, Raymond Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2018-12-01 · resigned 2025-01-18
FEE, Timothy James→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2018-08-23
MESSIAS, Darren→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2018-08-23
SIMPSON, Barry Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2002-07-31
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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 | Debenture | 1 property | 10/02/1988 | — |
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Recent filings (107 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-01