ABOVE THE FRINGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04763735 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-14

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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2023-07-17
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2022-07-06
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2021-11-24
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2019-06-06
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2018-06-12
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accounts · AA
2017-09-29
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accounts · AA
2016-08-10
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accounts · AA
2016-05-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-14
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-17
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accounts · AA
2014-05-14
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annual-return · AR01
2011-03-02
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JONES, Lorna Celia resigned
secretary
2003-05-14
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Company incorporated
As ABOVE THE FRINGE LIMITED
2003-05-14
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JONES, David Robert appointed
director
2003-05-14
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JONES, Lorna Celia appointed
secretary
2003-05-14
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2003-05-14
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2003-05-14
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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2003-05-14
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Robert Jones Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2003-05-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

22 Ystrad Road

Pentre

Rhondda Cynon Taf

CF41 7PH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

JONES, David Robert→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-05-14

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Active

JONES, Lorna Celia→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2011-03-02

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14

Resigned

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