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.
🔒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 (77/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
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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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-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-12-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  5. 2023-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-12-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-12-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-12-01
    ➕
    MCKAY, Robert 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
    🏢
    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: 2026-05-31
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→
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