ADELINE'S HAIRDRESSING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04579186 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-31
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£65.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £65,682

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£66k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£88k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£35k£53k£70k£88kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£69.8k£62.5k
Current assets£87.6k£73.3k
Net assets£65.7k£58.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
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  2. 2025-07-27
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  3. 2024-07-31
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  4. 2024-07-31
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  5. 2024-07-18
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  6. 2023-06-09
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  7. 2022-07-14
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  8. 2021-07-22
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  9. 2020-07-30
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  10. 2019-07-25
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  11. 2018-05-03
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  12. 2017-07-17
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  13. 2016-02-15
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  14. 2015-11-02
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  15. 2015-03-02
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-24
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    THOMPSON, Janine Diane appointed
    director
  17. 2002-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ADELINE'S HAIRDRESSING LIMITED
  18. 2002-10-31
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    THOMPSON, Janine Diane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    BICKERTON, Adeline Cecilia appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-31
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-10-31
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2002-10-31
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-10-31
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Adeline Cecilia Bickerton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

8 North Seaton Road
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 0EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Janine Diane→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
BICKERTON, Adeline Cecilia→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
THOMPSON, Janine Diane→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2025-11-06
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officers · CH01
2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2025-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
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officers · CH01
2024-07-31
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-31
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accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-05
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accounts · AA
2023-06-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
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accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
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accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30