ELLEES HAIR DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC356375 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-126.4k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £126,381
Cash YoY
+84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
↑ 84% YoY
Net Worth
-£126k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£126k-£96k-£66k-£36k-£5k£25kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-126.4k£-111.6k
Current assets£25.1k£14.4k
Cash£23.4k£12.7k
Net assets£-126.4k£-111.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-12-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  5. 2023-12-18
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-12-18
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  7. 2023-12-18
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-12-01
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    MCKAY, Robert John appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-01
    ➖
    MCKAY, Lee resigned
    secretary
  10. 2023-12-01
    ➖
    MCKAY, Lee resigned
    director
  11. 2023-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ELLEES HAIR DESIGN LIMITED
  20. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    MCKAY, Michelle appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    MCKAY, Lee appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    KEITH, John Leonard appointed
    director
  23. 2009-03-11
    ➖
    KEITH, John Leonard resigned
    director
  24. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    MCKAY, Lee appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Robert Mckay
Individual
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest18/12/2023
Ms Michelle Mckay
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lee Mckayceased 01/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2009-03-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

44 Union Terrace Union Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCKAY, Michelle→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKAY, Robert John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKAY, Lee→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2023-12-01
Resigned
KEITH, John Leonard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2009-03-11
Resigned
MCKAY, Lee→
director · ~38y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2023-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2023-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11