THE ACADEMY OF HAIRDRESSING EXCELLENCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC199553 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-07

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£102

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £102

Net assets shrinking

Down £3 YoY

Cash YoY

+487%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 487% YoY

Net Worth

£102

↓ 2.9% YoY

Current Assets

£81k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£19.1k	£22.0k
Current assets	£81.0k	£70.3k
Cash	£3.0k	£519
Debtors	£75.6k	£67.4k
Net assets	£102	£105

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-06
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-09-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-09-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-08-31
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MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila resigned
secretary
2018-08-31
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MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila resigned
director
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-05-31
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2017-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2001-01-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2000-10-11
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COOPER, Scott resigned
director
1999-09-07
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Company incorporated
As THE ACADEMY OF HAIRDRESSING EXCELLENCE LIMITED
1999-09-07
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MCGOVERN, Thomas appointed
director
1999-09-07
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MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila appointed
secretary
1999-09-07
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-07
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-07
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COOPER, Scott appointed
director
1999-09-07
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MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila appointed
director
1999-09-07
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-07
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Mcgovern Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Lindsey Sheila Mcgroryceased 31/08/2018· 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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THE RELATIONSHIP CENTRE LIMITED→ SC243443 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
THE SCOTTISH CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS→ SC129291 · est 1991 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-09-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

12 Carron Place

East Kilbride

Glasgow

G75 0YL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-21

Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

MCGOVERN, Thomas→

director · ~66y · appointed 1999-09-07

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Active

MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 2018-08-31

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 1999-09-07

Resigned

COOPER, Scott→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 2000-10-11

Resigned

MCGRORY, Lindsey Sheila→

director · ~55y · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 2018-08-31

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 1999-09-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	16/01/2001	—

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