5 GROSVENOR ROAD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01780190 · ltd · incorporated 1983-12-22

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

£81.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 34.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £81,913

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,501 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£82k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£148k

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£81.9k	£95.4k
Current assets	£147.7k	£143.0k
Net assets	£81.9k	£95.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-06
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officers · TM01
2018-08-31
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MESSIAS, Darren resigned
director
2017-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-21
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-04-06
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HALL, Robert Keith resigned
secretary
2007-06-06
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MESSIAS, Darren appointed
director
2007-06-06
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MUMFORD, Sheila resigned
director
2000-05-08
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HALL, Robert Keith appointed
secretary
2000-05-08
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SIMPSON, Barry Anthony resigned
secretary
2000-02-28
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STORER, Sarah appointed
director
2000-02-28
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GOSNELL, Robert Brian resigned
director
2000-02-28
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MUMFORD, Sheila appointed
director
2000-02-28
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SIMPSON, Barry Anthony resigned
director
1992-04-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-12-22
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Company incorporated
As 5 GROSVENOR ROAD LIMITED

Owner dependency

85/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Sarah Storer Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-12-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

6 Nottingham Road

Long Eaton

Nottingham

NG10 1HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

STORER, Sarah→

director · ~56y · appointed 2000-02-28

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Active

HALL, Robert Keith→

secretary · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2008-04-06

Resigned

SIMPSON, Barry Anthony→

secretary · resigned 2000-05-08

Resigned

GOSNELL, Robert Brian→

director · ~83y · resigned 2000-02-28

Resigned

MESSIAS, Darren→

director · ~53y · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2018-08-31

Resigned

MUMFORD, Sheila→

director · ~74y · appointed 2000-02-28 · resigned 2007-06-06

Resigned

SIMPSON, Barry Anthony→

director · ~86y · resigned 2000-02-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Debenture	1 property	21/04/1992	—

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