OPALILY BRIDAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC748988 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-52.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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 £52,834
Very low cash
Cash position: £26
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
-£53k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↑ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£53k-£38k-£22k-£7k£8k£24kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-52.8k£-35.3k
Current assets£23.6k£21.8k
Cash£26£21
Debtors£93£87
Net assets£-52.8k£-35.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OPALILY BRIDAL LTD
  9. 2022-11-01
    BARRON, Fleur Louise appointed
    director
  10. 2022-11-01
    BARRON, Stephen Douglas appointed
    director
  11. 2022-11-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Fleur Louise Barron
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

50 Balmellie Street
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 4DU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARRON, Fleur Louise
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
BARRON, Stephen Douglas
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-01