AURA NEWPORT LTD

🌱Startupactive
17036935 · ltd · incorporated 2026-02-17
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.
🔒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: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AURA NEWPORT LTD
  4. 2026-02-17
    LESKA, Inguna appointed
    director
  5. 2026-02-17
    PURNELL, Michael David appointed
    director
  6. 2026-02-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 0.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael David Purnell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/02/2026
Miss Inguna Leska
Individual · Latvian · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/02/2026

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
Incorporated2026-02-17
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

9a Kingsway Shopping Centre
Newport
NP20 1EB
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-17
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LESKA, Inguna
director · ~44y · appointed 2026-02-17
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Active
PURNELL, Michael David
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-02-17
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Recent filings (3 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-02-17