SP HAIR & BEAUTY LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC629621 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-07

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

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,658

Net assets shrinking

Down £513 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£1.7k	£2.2k
Current assets	£1.6k	£2.1k
Net assets	£1.7k	£2.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-01
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AW, Ho Yin resigned
director
2024-03-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
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MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Scott appointed
director
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Scott resigned
director
2023-01-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
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AW, Ho Yin appointed
director
2022-05-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-30
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MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Paul resigned
director
2022-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-07
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Company incorporated
As SP HAIR & BEAUTY LTD
2019-05-07
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MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Paul appointed
director
2019-05-07
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MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Scott appointed
director
2019-05-07
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-07

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Mcnicoll-Cheong Individual · Malaysian · DOB 05/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/05/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul Mcnicoll-Cheongceased 30/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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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
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-05-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Unit 9 Js Hair Salon, Unit 9, 42 New City Road

Glasgow

G4 9JT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-07OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Scott→

director · ~42y · appointed 2024-03-21

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Active

AW, Ho Yin→

director · ~25y · appointed 2022-09-01 · resigned 2024-04-01

Resigned

MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Paul→

director · ~46y · appointed 2019-05-07 · resigned 2022-04-30

Resigned

MCNICOLL-CHEONG, Scott→

director · ~42y · appointed 2019-05-07 · resigned 2023-01-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-04-02

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

address · AD01

2024-03-26

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-01-11

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-09-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-05-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-05-10