BABES LONDON LTD
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: 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £144.7k |
| Current assets | — | £980.7k |
| Cash | — | £247.5k |
| Debtors | — | £721.7k |
| Net assets | — | £144.7k |
| Average employees | 3 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-07-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-08➖ZAHRA, Zahra resigneddirector
- 2021-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-09-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BABES LONDON LTD
- 2012-09-10➕SHAMS, Emal Khan appointeddirector
- 2012-09-10➕ZAHRA, Zahra appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Emal Khan Shams Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/10/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Zahra Zahraceased 31/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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