ACJ SALONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11938372 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-10
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees600700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-04-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-03-03
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    BEVAN, Carly Louise resigned
    director
  8. 2023-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACJ SALONS LIMITED
  12. 2019-04-10
    ➕
    TROTTER, Alison appointed
    director
  13. 2019-04-10
    ➕
    TROTTER, Jolene appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-10
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    BEVAN, Carly Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2019-04-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jolene Trotter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Carly Louise Bevanceased 14/04/2023· 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
Incorporated2019-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

River Bank House
65a Bishopstoke Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 6BF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

TROTTER, Alison→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-04-10
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Active
TROTTER, Jolene→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEVAN, Carly Louise→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-04-10 · resigned 2023-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08