LESLEY GREENLEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC386519 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£244.9k
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
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £244,918
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,777 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Net Worth
£245k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↓ 6.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£51k£102k£153k£204k£255kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£254.0k£328.6k
Current assets£104.8k£111.8k
Cash£81.2k£85.5k
Debtors£509£6.6k
Net assets£244.9k£254.7k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-09
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    GREENLEES, Libby Rose appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-09
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  4. 2024-10-24
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  5. 2023-12-15
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  6. 2022-11-28
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  7. 2021-09-29
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  8. 2021-03-22
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  9. 2021-03-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-03-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  11. 2021-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  12. 2020-05-14
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  13. 2019-05-29
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  14. 2018-05-30
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  15. 2017-06-06
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  16. 2016-07-11
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  17. 2015-10-06
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  18. 2015-10-06
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  19. 2010-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As LESLEY GREENLEES LIMITED
  20. 2010-10-06
    ➕
    GREENLEES, Lesley appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-10-06
    ➕
    GREENLEES, Lesley appointed
    director
  22. 2010-10-06
    ➕
    KERR, Joan Caroline appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GREENLEES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lesley Greenlees
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Joan Caroline Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Robert Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

C/O Farries Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GREENLEES, Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-06
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Active
GREENLEES, Lesley→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-10-06
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Active
GREENLEES, Libby Rose→
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-07-09
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Active
KERR, Joan Caroline→
director · ~83y · appointed 2010-10-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge1 property17/03/2021—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge1 property05/03/2021—
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Recent filings (36 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-14