ABIKES BEAUTY STORE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15107249 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-31
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-12-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-10-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-10-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-10-01
    JOLAOSO, Toby Ryda resigned
    director
  8. 2023-08-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABIKES BEAUTY STORE LIMITED
  9. 2023-08-31
    JOLAOSO, Tosin Abike appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-31
    JOLAOSO, Toby Ryda appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-31
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tosin Abike Jolaoso
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest31/08/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Toby Ryda Jolaosoceased 11/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2023-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47750 — Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores

Registered office

43 Poplar Road
Rochester
ME2 2NR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JOLAOSO, Tosin Abike
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-31
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Active
JOLAOSO, Toby Ryda
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-08-31 · resigned 2024-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-31