SOFIA SPMU LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC786868 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-23
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 Oct 2024
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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
7 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.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SOFIA SPMU LIMITED
  6. 2023-10-23
    DOCHERTY, Neil appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-23
    DOCHERTY, Paula Avril appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-23
    DOCHERTY, Sophie Paula appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-23
    📄
    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
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

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
Miss Sophie Paula Docherty
Individual · British · DOB 06/2001 · age 25
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Archerfield
Tullibardine Crescent
Auchterarder
PH3 1LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOCHERTY, Neil
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-10-23
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Active
DOCHERTY, Paula Avril
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-10-23
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Active
DOCHERTY, Sophie Paula
director · ~25y · appointed 2023-10-23
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-23