BEAUTY @ THE HONEY POT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

11462329 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-12

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-04-28
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2024-04-25
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accounts · AA
2023-04-27
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accounts · AA
2022-04-21
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-10
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accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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officers · CH01
2019-07-26
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officers · CH03
2019-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-25
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officers · TM01
2019-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-07-11
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EVANS, Pauline Barbara resigned
director
2019-07-08
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address · AD01
2018-07-12
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Company incorporated
As BEAUTY @ THE HONEY POT LIMITED
2018-07-12
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SUMNER, Alison appointed
secretary
2018-07-12
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SUMNER, Alison appointed
director
2018-07-12
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EVANS, Pauline Barbara appointed
director
2018-07-12
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incorporation · NEWINC

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

45/100

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.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Alison Sumner Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	12/07/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Pauline Barbara Evansceased 11/07/2019· 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-07-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Office 7 Leyland House

Lancashire Business Park

Leyland

Lancashire

PR26 6TY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-25

Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SUMNER, Alison→

secretary · appointed 2018-07-12

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Active

SUMNER, Alison→

director · ~57y · appointed 2018-07-12

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Active

EVANS, Pauline Barbara→

director · ~63y · appointed 2018-07-12 · resigned 2019-07-11

Resigned

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