ATICOS HAIR STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03219910 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees-200-200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-02-19
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    LOWDEN, Kirstie appointed
    director
  9. 2021-02-19
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    POLLITT, Annette resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-02-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-02-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-04-09
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    MURRAY, Maureen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-09
    ➕
    POLLITT, Annette appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-02-15
    ➕
    MURRAY, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-02-15
    ➖
    POLLITT, Gary James resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-07-10
    ➖
    MURRAY, Thomas Francis resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-07-10
    ➖
    MURRAY, Thomas Francis resigned
    director
  23. 1999-07-09
    ➕
    POLLITT, Gary James appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-04-21
    ➕
    POLLITT, Gary James appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-21
    ➖
    ROWLAND, David resigned
    director
  26. 1996-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ATICOS HAIR STUDIO LIMITED
  27. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    MURRAY, Thomas Francis appointed
    secretary
  28. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-07-03
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    MURRAY, Thomas Francis appointed
    director
  31. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    ROWLAND, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-27

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary James Pollitt
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Miss Kirstie Lowden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/06/2021

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
Incorporated1996-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

38 St. Helens Road
Leigh
WN7 4HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

LOWDEN, Kirstie→
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLLITT, Gary James→
director · ~56y · appointed 1997-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2002-04-09
Resigned
MURRAY, Thomas Francis→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1999-07-10
Resigned
POLLITT, Annette→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-09 · resigned 2021-02-19
Resigned
POLLITT, Gary James→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-09 · resigned 2000-02-15
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned
MURRAY, Thomas Francis→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1999-07-10
Resigned
ROWLAND, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1997-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31