GE BROW BAR LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC776868 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-25
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
56/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 56/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
56/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 restoration
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-11-17
    📄
    legacy
    restoration · AC93
  3. 2025-09-09
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  4. 2025-07-15
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  5. 2025-06-24
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-10-19
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-10-08
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-07-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GE BROW BAR LTD
  9. 2023-07-25
    STEVENSON, Lynn appointed
    director
  10. 2023-07-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-04-25

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2025-08-07

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lynn Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Suite G5
14-18 East Shaw Street
Kilmarnock
KA1 4AN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-04-25OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-08-07OVERDUE
Last: 2024-07-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

STEVENSON, Lynn
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-07-25
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Recent filings (9 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
legacy
restoration · AC93
2025-11-17
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2025-09-09
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-07-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-25