FIRENZE HAIR & LIFESTYLE STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC285458 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-27
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees600600

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
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-08-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-07-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-07-09
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    DARWIN, Ian resigned
    secretary
  7. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-10
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    NEILSON, Florence appointed
    director
  13. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2005-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As FIRENZE HAIR & LIFESTYLE STUDIO LIMITED
  20. 2005-05-27
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, Rhona Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2005-05-27
    ➕
    DARWIN, Ian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-05-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-05-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-05-27
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-05-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Florence Elizabeth Neilson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/06/2025
Ms Rhona Elizabeth Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2005-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

1 Bank Street
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Rhona Elizabeth→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEILSON, Florence→
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARWIN, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2025-07-09
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2005-05-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2005-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11