K9 TURKISH BARBER LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC717401 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£4.7k

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

8 filings

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,656

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£13.5k	£15.6k
Current assets	£3.8k	£3.2k
Net assets	£4.7k	£3.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-12
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Company incorporated
As K9 TURKISH BARBER LTD
2021-12-12
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AHMADI, Kawan appointed
director
2021-12-12
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kawan Ahmadi Individual · Iranian · DOB 01/1994 · age 32	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	12/12/2021

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

Incorporated2021-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

12d Porterfield Road

Renfrew

PA4 8HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-25

Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AHMADI, Kawan→

director · ~32y · appointed 2021-12-12

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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-14

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2021-12-12