LITTLES TRADITIONAL BARBERS LTD

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SC262635 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-29
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,633
Net assets shrinking
Down £335 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£4.6k£5.0k
Current assets£9.4k£10.2k
Net assets£4.6k£5.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2023-10-19
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  4. 2022-11-08
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  5. 2022-03-08
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  6. 2021-10-29
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  7. 2021-04-16
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  8. 2020-06-01
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  9. 2019-03-20
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  10. 2019-03-08
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  11. 2018-06-14
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  12. 2018-02-18
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  13. 2017-10-02
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  14. 2016-10-04
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  15. 2016-03-03
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  16. 2004-02-03
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  17. 2004-02-03
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  18. 2004-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LITTLES TRADITIONAL BARBERS LTD
  19. 2004-01-29
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    LITTLE, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-01-29
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    LITTLE, Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-01-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LITTLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Little
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

70 Glencroft Avenue
Uddingston
Glasgow
G71 6EF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LITTLE, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LITTLE, Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-29 · resigned 2004-02-03
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-29 · resigned 2004-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17