BOYZ-ZONE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC240512 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£16.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.6y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £16,465

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£16.5k£14.1k
Current assets£5.0k£5.7k
Net assets£16.5k£14.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-03-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-03-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2019-03-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-11-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-10-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2002-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BOYZ-ZONE LIMITED
  22. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    BROWN, Graham appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    BROWN, Alison appointed
    director
  24. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-12-03
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-12-03
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alison Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

15 Manor Street
Forfar
DD8 1BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-03
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Active
BROWN, Alison→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-12-03
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Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2002-12-03
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2002-12-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/11/200501/03/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property19/10/200501/03/2019

Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18