BLACKJACK BARBERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC801176 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-29
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-8.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
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 active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,744
Very low cash
Cash position: £76

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£76
Net Worth
-£9k
Current Assets
£76
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£-8.7k
Current assets£76
Cash£76
Net assets£-8.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-11
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2024-02-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKJACK BARBERS LTD
  5. 2024-02-29
    RICHARDSON, Greg Shepherd appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-29
    WHITE, Callan appointed
    director
  7. 2024-02-29
    📄
    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 2.2 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

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-14

Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Greg Shepherd Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 07/2001 · age 25
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/02/2024
Mr Callan White
Individual · British · DOB 01/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

35 Buie Brae Buie Brae
Kirkliston
EH29 9FB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RICHARDSON, Greg Shepherd
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active
WHITE, Callan
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-03-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-29