3RD GENERATION MALE GROOMING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14063518 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
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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 admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
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£0Apr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-02-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-02-21
    STERN, Jacob resigned
    director
  6. 2023-10-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-10-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-10-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-10-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-10-17
    POTIRNICHIE, Adrian Bogdan appointed
    director
  11. 2023-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-10-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-10-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-10-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2023-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-10-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2023-10-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2023-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2023-06-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2023-06-01
    COLTESCU, Andrei Alexandru resigned
    director
  21. 2022-06-16
    POTIRNICHIE, Traian-Ionut appointed
    director
  22. 2022-06-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2022-05-13
    COLTESCU, Andrei Alexandru appointed
    director
  24. 2022-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2022-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  26. 2022-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 3RD GENERATION MALE GROOMING LTD
  27. 2022-04-22
    STERN, Jacob appointed
    director
  28. 2022-04-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-14

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Traian Ionut Potirnichie
Individual · Romanian · DOB 10/2023 · age 3
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting17/10/2023
Mr Adrian Bogdan Potirnichie
Individual · Romanian · DOB 08/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/10/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Name: Andrei Alexandru Coltescuceased 01/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest
  • Mr Jacob Sternceased 17/10/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

114 Clerkenwell Road
London
EC1M 5SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

POTIRNICHIE, Adrian Bogdan
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-10-17
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Active
POTIRNICHIE, Traian-Ionut
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-06-16
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Active
COLTESCU, Andrei Alexandru
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-05-13 · resigned 2023-06-01
Resigned
STERN, Jacob
director · ~27y · appointed 2022-04-22 · resigned 2024-02-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-17