CLASSIC BEAUTE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03234487 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-06

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46450

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (8 active, 15 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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capital · SH02
2026-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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officers · TM01
2025-06-30
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LEE, Jonathan Richard resigned
director
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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WOOLLEY, Mark Christopher appointed
director
2024-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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ROY-JONES, Pamela resigned
director
2021-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-01-08
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officers · AP01
2019-01-07
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STANTON, Brian John appointed
director
2018-12-24
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officers · TM01
2018-12-21
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TAYLOR, Linda Jane resigned
director
2018-03-22
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NYMAN, Fleur appointed
director
2018-03-22
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HORNER, Clare resigned
director
2012-06-28
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ROY-JONES, Pamela appointed
director
2012-06-28
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SIDELL, Peter Andrew resigned
director
2010-01-01
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LEE, Jonathan Richard appointed
director
2007-01-01
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HORNER, Clare appointed
director
2006-02-15
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CALLENS, Fabien Georges Jacques appointed
director
2002-04-12
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GUEST, Linda Veronica resigned
director
2000-12-18
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TAYLOR, Linda Jane appointed
director
1996-08-06
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Company incorporated
As CLASSIC BEAUTE LIMITED
1996-08-06
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STOKES, Philip John appointed
secretary
1996-08-06
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GREEN, Kenneth Charles appointed
director
1996-08-06
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GREEN, Susan Esther appointed
director
1996-08-06
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STOKES, Philip John appointed
director
1996-08-06
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NOTEHOLD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-08-06
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NOTEHOLD LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-08-06
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GUEST, Linda Veronica appointed
director
1996-08-06
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SIDELL, Peter Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

St Andrew Trustees Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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St Andrew Trustees Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CLASSIC BEAUTE LIMITED

This company · 03234487

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

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Charles Green Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Esther Green Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Fleur Scragg Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	30/03/2026
St Andrew Trustees Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	29/03/2026
Mrs Charlotte Susan Garlick Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	29/03/2026

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

Incorporated1996-08-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450

Registered office

Hill House Monument Hill

Weybridge

Surrey

KT13 8RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06