ANGEL IPL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09317566 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-19
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-491
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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 73/100 (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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
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 £491
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,463 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£491
↓ 125% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£491£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£37.5k£16.7k
Current assets£37.5k£22.2k
Cash£1.1k
Debtors£21.1k
Net assets£-491£2.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2025-03-19
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  3. 2025-03-18
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-10
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  5. 2025-02-10
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  6. 2024-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-25
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  9. 2021-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-28
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  13. 2017-10-17
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-10-17
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  15. 2017-09-29
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  16. 2014-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGEL IPL LIMITED
  17. 2014-11-19
    STEVENS-JAMES, Laura Pearl appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mrs Laura Pearl Stevens-James
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

18 Brockenhurst Road
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 9DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

STEVENS-JAMES, Laura Pearl
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-11-19
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Recent filings (30 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-15