EKLIPSE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC255505 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-08
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.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Refinance opportunity: ready → under_pressure
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Refinance opportunity: ready → under_pressure
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£55.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £55,912
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£56k
↑ 147% YoY
Current Assets
£87k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£69k£87kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£57.8k£33.8k
Current assets£86.7k£49.8k
Cash£19.9k£38.2k
Debtors£66.8k£11.6k
Net assets£55.9k£22.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2025-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-08-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-02-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-02-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-02-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  10. 2024-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-02-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-02-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  13. 2024-02-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  14. 2024-02-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2024-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-02-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2024-02-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2024-02-13
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    FORRESTER, Gregor James appointed
    director
  19. 2024-02-13
    ➕
    PENNY, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2024-02-13
    ➖
    ADDISON, Julie Loraine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2024-02-13
    ➖
    ADDISON, Julie Loraine resigned
    director
  22. 2024-02-13
    ➖
    IRVINE, Carla resigned
    director
  23. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2023-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  25. 2023-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  26. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  27. 2016-02-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2009-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  29. 2003-09-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EKLIPSE LTD.
  30. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    ADDISON, Julie Loraine appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2003-09-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    ADDISON, Julie Loraine appointed
    director
  34. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    IRVINE, Carla appointed
    director
  35. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-09-08
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Dpgf Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dpgf Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
EKLIPSE LTD.
This company · SC255505

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dpgf Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/02/2024
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Julie Loraine Addisonceased 13/02/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Carla Irvineceased 13/02/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Julie Loraine Addisonceased 13/02/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Carla Irvineceased 13/02/2024· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 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
Incorporated2003-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

23 Woodburn Crescent
Aberdeen
AB15 8JX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FORRESTER, Gregor James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PENNY, David John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADDISON, Julie Loraine→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2024-02-13
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned
ADDISON, Julie Loraine→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2024-02-13
Resigned
IRVINE, Carla→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2024-02-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property11/05/200923/02/2016

Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15