ABACUS HAIR LTD

🌳Matureactive
04647109 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-24
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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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 exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees900900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  13. 2021-01-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-01-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2021-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS HAIR LTD
  20. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    WEBSTER FORD, Allison appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    FORD, Nicholas appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    WEBSTER FORD, Allison appointed
    director
  23. 2003-01-24
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-24
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-01-24
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-01-24
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Allison Webster Ford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Ford
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

1-2 High Street
Bewdley
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY12 2DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WEBSTER FORD, Allison→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-24
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Active
FORD, Nicholas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-01-24
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Active
WEBSTER FORD, Allison→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-01-24
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Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18