AESTHETICALLY YOU LTD

🌳Matureactive
07642872 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-23
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
41 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.

Key financials

1 year 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Average employees2

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

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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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-25
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-17
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-04-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2011-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AESTHETICALLY YOU LTD
  18. 2011-05-23
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Michelle Christine appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-23
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    MCLEAN, Thomas Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 62. 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
Mr Thomas Anthony Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Michelle Christine Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Pacific Chambers
11-13 Victoria Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L2 5QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCLEAN, Michelle Christine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-05-23
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Active
MCLEAN, Thomas Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-05-23
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24