A.G.E. BEAUTY SERVICES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14561368 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-29
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32500
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 86900Other human health activities
- 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 3 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-29📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A.G.E. BEAUTY SERVICES LTD
- 2022-12-29➕ELVINS, Gary Frederick Thomas appointedsecretary
- 2022-12-29➕ELVINS, Ashleigh Louise appointeddirector
- 2022-12-29➕ELVINS, Gary Frederick Thomas appointeddirector
- 2022-12-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ELVINS, Ashleigh Louise (same surname) appointed 2022-12-29. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Miss Ashleigh Louise Elvins Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/12/2022 |
Mr Gary Frederick Elvins Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/12/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500
Registered office
1a Church Yard
Tring
HP23 5AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ELVINS, Gary Frederick Thomas→
Activesecretary · appointed 2022-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELVINS, Ashleigh Louise→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2022-12-29
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ELVINS, Gary Frederick Thomas→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2022-12-29
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-29