ADL HAIR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04217145 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-05-11
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-05-11
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-05-11
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-03-25
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    SHEATH, Rachel Faye appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-25
    ➖
    SHEATH, Rachel Faye resigned
    secretary
  13. 2022-03-25
    ➖
    WOODBRIDGE, Deborah Ann resigned
    director
  14. 2022-03-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-05-23
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    GUESS, Norma Lilian resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-05-23
    ➕
    SHEATH, Rachel Faye appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    GUESS, Norma Lilian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-06-21
    ➖
    WOODBRIDGE, Philippe Jason resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ADL HAIR LIMITED
  24. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-05-15
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    WOODBRIDGE, Philippe Jason appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 2001-05-15
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    WOODBRIDGE, Deborah Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rachel Faye Sheath
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Deborah Ann Woodbridgeceased 25/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

72 West Street
Portchester
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 9UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

SHEATH, Rachel Faye→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-05-15
Resigned
GUESS, Norma Lilian→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-21 · resigned 2005-05-23
Resigned
SHEATH, Rachel Faye→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-23 · resigned 2022-03-25
Resigned
WOODBRIDGE, Philippe Jason→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-06-21
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-05-15
Resigned
WOODBRIDGE, Deborah Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2022-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-11