ALBEMARLE GRAPHICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01295310 · ltd · incorporated 1977-01-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£159.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 37.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £159,011
Cash YoY
+97%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£150k
↑ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£159k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£258k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£52k£103k£155k£206k£258kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£243.1k£141.3k
Current assets£257.7k£207.0k
Cash£150.2k£76.1k
Debtors£104.8k£128.1k
Net assets£159.0k£112.8k

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 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-10
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-09-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-30
    ➕
    CHILVERS, Simon Robert appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-06-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-02-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-02-19
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2018-12-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-30
    ➕
    CHILVERS, Robert John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-06-30
    ➖
    CORMICAN, Conor resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    CHILVERS, Robert John appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    PALMER, John Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    BLACKBURN, William Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    CORMICAN, Conor appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    BLACKBURN, Carol Ellen resigned
    director
  24. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    BLACKBURN, William Kenneth resigned
    director
  25. 1989-07-17
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1977-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBEMARLE GRAPHICS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert John Chilvers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/06/2026
Mr John Edward Palmer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/01/2019

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
Incorporated1977-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4b Christchurch House Beaufort Court Sir Thomas Longley Road
Medway City Estate
Rochester
Kent
ME2 4FX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CHILVERS, Robert John→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-30
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Active
CHILVERS, Robert John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
CHILVERS, Simon Robert→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-08-30
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Active
PALMER, John Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
BLACKBURN, William Kenneth→
secretary · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
CORMICAN, Conor→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
BLACKBURN, Carol Ellen→
director · ~85y · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
BLACKBURN, William Kenneth→
director · ~83y · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/07/1989—
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Recent filings (107 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-06