HY 9 LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC564259 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As HY 9 LTD
  11. 2017-04-25
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    OZLUK, Ramazan appointed
    director
  12. 2017-04-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ramazan Ozluk
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/04/2017

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
Incorporated2017-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

70 Main Street
Larbert
FK5 3AR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

OZLUK, Ramazan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-04-25
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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-03