AUTON STYLE LTD

💤Zombieactive
09772514 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-10
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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.

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 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.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-03-11
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  8. 2022-03-11
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-03-11
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  10. 2022-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-03-10
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    HALL, Michelle resigned
    director
  12. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-16
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    address · AD01
  14. 2020-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2019-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-11
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  18. 2019-06-05
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    GRAHAM, Emma Louise resigned
    director
  19. 2015-12-05
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    GATES, Lesley Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2015-09-23
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    GRAHAM, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-23
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    GRAHAM, Trevor resigned
    director
  22. 2015-09-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTON STYLE LTD
  23. 2015-09-10
    ➕
    PEARSON, Emma appointed
    director
  24. 2015-09-10
    ➕
    GATES, Lesley Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2015-09-10
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Trevor appointed
    director
  26. 2015-09-10
    ➕
    HALL, Michelle appointed
    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

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 Emma Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Michelle Hallceased 10/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Ms Emma Louise Grahamceased 07/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

The Pinnacle Durham Road
Sacriston
Durham
DH7 6FE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PEARSON, Emma→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GATES, Lesley Anne→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-10 · resigned 2015-12-05
Resigned
GRAHAM, Emma Louise→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-09-23 · resigned 2019-06-05
Resigned
GRAHAM, Trevor→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-09-10 · resigned 2015-09-23
Resigned
HALL, Michelle→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-09-10 · resigned 2022-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-11