ARROW HAIR & BEAUTY SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03309488 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-29

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£483.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46450

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £483,225

Cash YoY

+10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£196k

↑ 9.9% YoY

Net Worth

£483k

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£586k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£487.9k	£470.2k
Current assets	£585.9k	£589.0k
Cash	£196.1k	£178.4k
Debtors	£26.1k	£24.0k
Net assets	£483.2k	£467.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2025-08-13
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officers · AP01
2025-08-13
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officers · AP01
2025-08-13
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officers · AP01
2025-08-13
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address · AD01
2025-08-12
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COLLINS, Hannah appointed
director
2025-08-12
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SPEIRS, Matthew Marcus appointed
director
2025-08-12
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SPEIRS, Patricia Anne Mary appointed
director
2025-02-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-23
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2025-01-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2025-01-22
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officers · CH03
2025-01-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
1997-01-29
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Company incorporated
As ARROW HAIR & BEAUTY SUPPLIES LIMITED
1997-01-29
➕
SPEIRS, Patricia Anne Mary appointed
secretary
1997-01-29
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SPEIRS, Melvyn Alexander appointed
director
1997-01-29
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-29
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PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-29
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-01-29
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PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SPEIRS, Matthew Marcus (same surname) appointed 2025-08-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Melvyn Alexander Speirs Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Patricia Anne Mary Speirsceased 01/02/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1997-01-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450

Registered office

Priory Farm

Priory Court

Studley

Warwickshire

B80 7BB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29