PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC313968 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20420
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees—0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  3. 2024-09-27
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    AITKEN, Brian resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-09-27
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2024-09-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-07
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    MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-12-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-09-07
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    MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances resigned
    director
  11. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-12-09
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    AITKEN, Brian resigned
    director
  16. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-07-03
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  18. 2019-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-05
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    capital · SH06
  20. 2018-10-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2018-10-05
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2018-10-05
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    capital · SH03
  23. 2017-01-04
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen appointed
    director
  24. 2015-06-19
    ➕
    MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances appointed
    director
  25. 2013-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    MACDONOUGH, Stephen James appointed
    director
  27. 2007-11-22
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    CONNOLLY, Michael John resigned
    director
  28. 2007-01-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  29. 2006-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  30. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    HEGARTY, Gerald Patrick appointed
    director
  31. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Brian appointed
    secretary
  32. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Brian appointed
    director
  33. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    CONNOLLY, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 Gerard Patrick Hegarty
Individual · British · DOB 10/1940 · age 86
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC20420 — SIC 20420

Registered office

3 Newmains Avenue
Inchinnan
Renfrew
PA4 9RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2024-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEGARTY, Gerald Patrick→
director · ~86y · appointed 2006-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONOUGH, Stephen James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AITKEN, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-29 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
AITKEN, Brian→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-12-29 · resigned 2020-12-09
Resigned
CONNOLLY, Michael John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-12-29 · resigned 2007-11-22
Resigned
MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-06-19 · resigned 2023-09-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property10/01/200705/02/2013

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-29