TONSORIUM EDINBURGH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC778244 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-07

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 2025

Net worth

—

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: active trading company 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

10 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-02-18
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accounts · AA
2023-08-10
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officers · CH01
2023-08-10
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officers · CH01
2023-08-10
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address · AD01
2023-08-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-07
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Company incorporated
As TONSORIUM EDINBURGH LTD
2023-08-07
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COGNARD, Audrey appointed
director
2023-08-07
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SANDERS, Hayley appointed
director
2023-08-07
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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 2.8 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Hayley Sanders Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/08/2023
Ms Audrey Cognard Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/08/2023

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

Incorporated2023-08-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Unit 4b Gateway Business Park

Beancross Road

Grangemouth

FK3 8WX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COGNARD, Audrey→

director · ~50y · appointed 2023-08-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SANDERS, Hayley→

director · ~42y · appointed 2023-08-07

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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-09

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-10

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

address · AD01

2023-08-10

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-08-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-08-10

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incorporation · NEWINC

2023-08-07