EVOLUTION SALON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777709 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-01
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£166
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: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £166

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£166
Current Assets
£166
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£166
Current assets£166
Net assets£166

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EVOLUTION SALON LTD
  3. 2023-08-01
    MARSHALL, Jennifer appointed
    director
  4. 2023-08-01
    RIGLEY, Lauren Karen appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lauren Karen Rigley
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2023
Miss Jennifer Marshall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

11 Cardwell Road
Gourock
PA19 1UG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARSHALL, Jennifer
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active
RIGLEY, Lauren Karen
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-01