SWT CONTRACTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC476958 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-07

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-13.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

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 74/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £13,865

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£14k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↑ 73% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-3.9k	£-2.1k
Current assets	£2.0k	£1.1k
Net assets	£-13.9k	£-12.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-20
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-07
📄
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-07-29
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-03
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-28
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-22
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-22
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-29
➕
TODD, Susan appointed
director
2020-02-29
➖
TODD, Sandra resigned
director
2020-02-04
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-04
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-01
➕
TODD, Sandra appointed
director
2020-01-31
➖
TODD, Susan resigned
director
2014-05-07
🏢
Company incorporated
As SWT CONTRACTS LTD
2014-05-07
➕
TODD, Susan appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Susan Todd Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · G postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
MID GAVIN NURSERY LIMITED→ SC219812 · est 2001	£447.6k £335.7k–£559.5k	£692.7k	—	2100	24y	84	78y
NISTAPLOX LIMITED→ SC180067 · est 1997	£38.8k £29.1k–£48.6k	£26.9k	—	0	28y	86	79y
ACTIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTD.→ SC230311 · est 2002	—	—	£1.56M	—	24y	83	60y
ADVARIAN PROPERTIES LTD→ SC248314 · est 2003	—	—	£582.9k	—	23y	83	70y
AG (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LTD→ SC339541 · est 2008	—	—	£3.09M	—	18y	83	59y
AMG WARRANTIES LIMITED→ SC265646 · est 2004	—	—	—	0	22y	83	74y
BELGICA UK LIMITED→ SC235052 · est 2002	—	—	£1.81M	—	23y	83	62y
BILL'S TOOL STORE LIMITED→ SC365221 · est 2009	—	—	—	1300	16y	83	58y
BLUE SQUARE OFFICES LTD.→ SC203991 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	83	65y
CAMSCAFF LTD.→ SC253590 · est 2003	—	—	£556.7k	—	22y	83	61y
CENTRIFUGE MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC173406 · est 1997	—	—	—	—	29y	83	63y
CHAPPELL WHISKY BROKERS LIMITED→ SC180651 · est 1997	—	—	£2.12M	—	28y	83	74y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-05-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

29 Buchanan Street

Baillieston

Glasgow

G69 6DY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-21

Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TODD, Susan→

director · ~42y · appointed 2020-02-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TODD, Sandra→

director · ~64y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2020-02-29

Resigned

TODD, Susan→

director · ~42y · appointed 2014-05-07 · resigned 2020-01-31

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (39 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-24

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-03-10

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-09-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-19

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2025-08-07

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-07-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-31

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-30