ACACIA HAIR SALON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09073938 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£54.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £54,776
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£67k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£55k
↑ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£92k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £54.8k | £43.3k |
| Current assets | £91.9k | £78.9k |
| Cash | £67.4k | £50.1k |
| Debtors | £5.3k | £12.4k |
| Net assets | £54.8k | £35.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
- 2026-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-02-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2016-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-06-24➕HUMPHREY, Serena Linda appointeddirector
- 2014-06-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ACACIA HAIR SALON LIMITED
- 2014-06-06➕GIBSON, Lisa appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Lisa Gibson Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Trade services · NG postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A D G SERVICES (NOTTM) LTD→ 09292266 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| A.D.E REGENERATION LTD→ 10270929 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ABOVE THE REST CLEANING LIMITED→ 15654388 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABOVE THE REST COMMERCIAL CLEANERS LTD→ 08588592 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| AC & JW SERVICES LIMITED→ 16767401 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACCESS24 SECURITY SERVICES LTD→ 17011460 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS (NOTTINGHAM) CIC→ 15910671 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS LTD→ 15719664 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACE CARE LIVING LTD→ 17113445 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACE CLEAN & MAINTENANCE LIMITED→ 13167389 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACER PROPERTY SERVICES LTD→ 16791090 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACHIEVE EVENTS LTD→ 12303491 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
Acacia Hair Salon The Hollows
Thurgurton
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG14 7GS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GIBSON, Lisa→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2014-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUMPHREY, Serena Linda→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2014-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/02/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-28