BEAUTY EXCHANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC453377 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20420
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-01-17
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2024-09-27
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-09-27
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-12-09
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    AITKEN, Brian resigned
    director
  13. 2020-07-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-07-01
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen appointed
    director
  15. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  19. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-06-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BEAUTY EXCHANGE LIMITED
  21. 2013-06-28
    ➕
    MACDONOUGH, Stephen James appointed
    director
  22. 2013-06-28
    ➕
    AITKEN, Brian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Macdonough
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/01/2025

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
Incorporated2013-06-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC20420 — SIC 20420

Registered office

3 Newmains Avenue
Inchinnan
Renfrew
PA4 9RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2024-09-27
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Active
MACDONOUGH, Stephen James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-06-28
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-07-01
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Active
AITKEN, Brian→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-06-28 · resigned 2020-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-01-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-10