AESTHETIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04105834 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-10

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

86210General medical practice activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	7	600

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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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2024-05-10
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2023-08-29
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2022-05-13
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2021-08-13
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2020-07-31
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2019-08-31
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2018-08-29
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2017-09-04
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accounts · AA
2016-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-04-10
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accounts · AA
2014-10-28
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2014-03-14
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2013-10-29
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2011-03-28
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KNOWLES, Kerry appointed
director
2011-03-28
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KNOWLES, Kerry resigned
director
2008-06-11
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KNOWLES, Kerry appointed
director
2000-11-10
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Company incorporated
As AESTHETIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2000-11-10
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KNOWLES, Kerry appointed
secretary
2000-11-10
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KNOWLES, Simon Renfred, Doctor appointed
director
2000-11-10
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BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-10
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BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-10
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BOURSE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-10
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BOURSE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kerry Knowles Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-11-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47750 — Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores

Registered office

Breezecott Clinic

196a Bodmin Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 1RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KNOWLES, Kerry→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-10

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Active

KNOWLES, Kerry→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-28

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Active

KNOWLES, Simon Renfred, Doctor→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-11-10

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Active

BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-10 · resigned 2000-11-10

Resigned

KNOWLES, Kerry→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-06-11 · resigned 2011-03-28

Resigned

BOURSE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-10 · resigned 2000-11-10

Resigned

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