1A THE BOROUGH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02139968 · ltd · incorporated 1987-06-11
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 May 2025
Net worth
£36.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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 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 37.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.7 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £35,963
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,641 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Net Worth
£36k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£37k£56k£74k£93kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£38.8k£66.0k
Current assets£89.1k£92.9k
Cash£68.7k£75.1k
Debtors£7.4k£5.3k
Net assets£36.0k£62.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-04
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    WOODING, Bronte Miller resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-02
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-03-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-03-03
    ➕
    WOODING, Bronte Miller appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-31
    ➖
    BAGGOTT, Lorraine resigned
    director
  18. 2008-04-06
    ➖
    HALL, Robert Keith resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-01
    ➕
    BAGGOTT, Lorraine appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-01
    ➖
    LACEY, Timothy James resigned
    director
  21. 2003-05-31
    ➖
    MESSIAS, Stephen Alan resigned
    director
  22. 1994-09-07
    ➕
    FULLER, Helen Kathleen appointed
    director
  23. 1994-09-07
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Joanna Elizabeth Mary resigned
    director
  24. 1988-08-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1987-06-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1A THE BOROUGH LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Kathleen Fuller
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/08/2016

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
Incorporated1987-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

18 Station Road
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 1AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

FULLER, Helen Kathleen→
director · ~58y · appointed 1994-09-07
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Active
HALL, Robert Keith→
secretary · resigned 2008-04-06
Resigned
BAGGOTT, Lorraine→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2016-05-31
Resigned
LACEY, Timothy James→
director · ~79y · resigned 2007-06-01
Resigned
MESSIAS, Stephen Alan→
director · ~82y · resigned 2003-05-31
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Joanna Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~68y · resigned 1994-09-07
Resigned
WOODING, Bronte Miller→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-03-03 · resigned 2026-03-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property23/08/1988—
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17