NSF PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC357735 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-03
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£48.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £48,256
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£48k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£48kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£55.9k£57.7k
Current assets£4.1k£6.0k
Cash£3.8k£5.7k
Net assets£48.3k£47.1k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-14
    ➖
    MOORE, Eileen resigned
    secretary
  6. 2022-06-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-05-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-05-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2022-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-04-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-11-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2009-05-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2009-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As NSF PROPERTIES LIMITED
  22. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    BROWNLIE, Frances Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    MOORE, Eileen appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Frances Brownlie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/04/2017

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
Incorporated2009-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

57 Chalmers Crescent
East Kilbride
G75 0PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BROWNLIE, Frances Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-04-03
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Active
MOORE, Eileen→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2022-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property04/11/200911/05/2022
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property07/05/200911/05/2022

Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21