ADVANCED HAIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02855274 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
98 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees222400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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  2. 2025-10-09
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  3. 2025-04-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-04-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-05-26
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-05-26
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-11
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  15. 2019-10-11
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  16. 2019-10-11
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    address · AD01
  17. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 1999-04-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1995-05-03
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    MENDELJOHN, Malcolm resigned
    director
  21. 1993-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED HAIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  22. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    FARJO, Nilofer, Dr appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    FARJO, Bessam, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    FARJO, Nilofer, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-09-21
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    MENDELJOHN, Malcolm appointed
    director
  28. 1993-09-21
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-09-21
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Group structure

Farjo Group Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Farjo Group Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ADVANCED HAIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · 02855274

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Farjo Group Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/09/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Dr Bessam Farjoceased 21/09/2017· 25-50% shares · significant influence
  • Dr Nilofer Farjoceased 21/09/2017· 25-50% shares · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

70 Quay Street
Manchester
M3 3EJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FARJO, Nilofer, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARJO, Bessam, Dr→
director · ~63y · appointed 1993-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARJO, Nilofer, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1993-09-21
Resigned
MENDELJOHN, Malcolm→
director · ~84y · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1995-05-03
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1993-09-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property09/04/199917/04/2025

Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01