AESTHETIC RESPONSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
07502593 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of call centres
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees171900

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-08-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-07-02
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    PULLAN, Ann resigned
    director
  13. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-06-30
    ➖
    MILLER, Kathleen resigned
    director
  19. 2014-08-15
    ➖
    PATTISON, Alan resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-01-23
    ➕
    FISHER, Joanne appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-27
    ➕
    DICKONS, Gillian Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2011-01-27
    ➕
    MILLER, Kathleen appointed
    director
  23. 2011-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AESTHETIC RESPONSE LTD
  24. 2011-01-24
    ➕
    PATTISON, Alan appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-01-24
    ➕
    PULLAN, Ann appointed
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Miss Joanne Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2017
Mrs Gillian Ann Dickons
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Ann Pullanceased 02/07/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82200 — Activities of call centres

Registered office

Your Business Networks 7-8 Delta Bank Road
Metro Riverside Park
Gateshead
NE11 9DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DICKONS, Gillian Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Joanne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATTISON, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2014-08-15
Resigned
MILLER, Kathleen→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-01-27 · resigned 2017-06-30
Resigned
PULLAN, Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2019-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-27