ESCARA HAIRDRESSING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC727726 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-10.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £10,304

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£10k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£358
↓ 67% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k-£9k-£6k-£4k-£1k£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£1.1k
Current assets£358£1.1k
Net assets£-10.3k£-10.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-03-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-12-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-20
    ➕
    MCNEIL, Judith appointed
    director
  7. 2024-10-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-10-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-10-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-05-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-05-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2022-05-20
    ➖
    BEVERIDGE, Kaitlyn Isabella resigned
    director
  15. 2022-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ESCARA HAIRDRESSING LTD
  16. 2022-03-28
    ➕
    MCGRORY, Lewis Ian Neil appointed
    director
  17. 2022-03-28
    ➕
    BEVERIDGE, Kaitlyn Isabella appointed
    director
  18. 2022-03-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Judith Mcneil
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares08/10/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Lewis Ian Neil Mcgroryceased 08/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Miss Pauline Mcvicar Beveridgeceased 16/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Miss Kaitlyn Isabella Beveridgeceased 20/05/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

47 High Street Musselbrugh
High Street
Musselburgh
EH21 7AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCGRORY, Lewis Ian Neil→
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-03-28
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Active
MCNEIL, Judith→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-10-20
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Active
BEVERIDGE, Kaitlyn Isabella→
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-03-28 · resigned 2022-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-26