PARIS HAIR COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC248383 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£134

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £134

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,734 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£134

↓ 99% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£2.8k	£14.6k
Current assets	£17.9k	£23.6k
Net assets	£134	£11.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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2015-05-26
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2003-04-25
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Company incorporated
As PARIS HAIR COMPANY LIMITED
2003-04-25
➕
GRAY, Sean appointed
secretary
2003-04-25
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GRAY, Sean appointed
director
2003-04-25
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MACDONALD, Susanne appointed
director
2003-04-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-04-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+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

76/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Susanne Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Sean Gray Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

28-30 North Street

Dalry

KA24 5DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-09

Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRAY, Sean→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-25

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Active

GRAY, Sean→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-04-25

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Active

MACDONALD, Susanne→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-04-25

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

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