ERSATZ (CUMBERNAULD) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC393453 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-58.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £58,647
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
-£59k
↓ 251% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£59k-£46k-£34k-£22k-£9k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-58.6k£-16.7k
Current assets£1.4k£3.1k
Cash£1.4k£2.8k
Debtors—£267
Net assets£-58.6k£-16.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2024-07-30
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    OWEN, Lynn Marr appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-30
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  5. 2023-11-20
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  6. 2022-09-08
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  7. 2021-12-10
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  8. 2021-01-12
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  9. 2019-12-23
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  10. 2019-05-11
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  11. 2019-05-07
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  12. 2018-11-06
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  13. 2018-01-11
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  14. 2017-12-29
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  15. 2017-02-27
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  16. 2016-12-29
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  17. 2013-12-07
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    OWEN, Stuart John appointed
    director
  18. 2013-12-07
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    OWEN, Lynn Marr resigned
    director
  19. 2011-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ERSATZ (CUMBERNAULD) LTD.
  20. 2011-02-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2011-02-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-02-14
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-14
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  24. 2011-02-14
    ➕
    OWEN, Lynn Marr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart John Owen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

4d Auchingramont Road
Hamilton
ML3 6JT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

OWEN, Lynn Marr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Stuart John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2011-02-14
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2011-02-14
Resigned
OWEN, Lynn Marr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2013-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
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accounts · AA
2025-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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officers · AP01
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23