5 CAVENDISH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13907317 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-10
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
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does

Likely operating as a hairdressing salon or beauty treatment business in London, offering services such as haircuts, styling, and cosmetic treatments to clients on a day-to-day basis, with the "Cavendish" name suggesting a possible upmarket positioning.

Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (79/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees100200

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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 3 address
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-12-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-12-03
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2024-09-16
    FENTON, Alexandra Frances Leonie resigned
    director
  9. 2024-09-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 CAVENDISH LIMITED
  13. 2022-02-10
    FENTON MEINEN, Isabel Frances appointed
    director
  14. 2022-02-10
    FENTON, Alexandra Frances Leonie appointed
    director
  15. 2022-02-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    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

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-03: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Isabel Frances Fenton Meinen
Individual · British · DOB 05/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/02/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Alexandra Frances Leonie Fentonceased 01/12/2025· 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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Synergy House 4th Floor
114-118 Southampton Row
London
WC1B 5AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FENTON MEINEN, Isabel Frances
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-02-10
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Active
FENTON, Alexandra Frances Leonie
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-02-10 · resigned 2024-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-10