BEAUTY COUTURE THERAPY LTD

💤Zombieactive
08164960 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-01
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-832
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £832
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£832
↑ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 204% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£6k-£3k£452£3k£6k£9kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£9.7k£-3.3k
Current assets£9.5k£3.1k
Net assets£-832£-5.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-08-10
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    TAYLOR, Chloe appointed
    director
  17. 2012-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BEAUTY COUTURE THERAPY LTD
  18. 2012-08-01
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  19. 2012-08-01
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Ms Chloe Wilbraham
Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2012-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

11 Laburnum Close
Congleton
CW12 4TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TAYLOR, Chloe→
director · ~35y · appointed 2012-08-10
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Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-08-01 · resigned 2012-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03