L & S PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01561973 · ltd · incorporated 1981-05-15

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 44.5y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 44.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

157 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	58	5500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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accounts · AA
2025-09-02
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officers · AP01
2025-09-01
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ETKIN-BUDGE, Matthew Steven appointed
director
2024-09-10
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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officers · TM01
2023-12-17
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LOMASNEY, Richard resigned
director
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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officers · CH01
2023-04-24
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officers · CH01
2022-12-20
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officers · CH01
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-11-09
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officers · TM01
2021-09-30
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DAGWELL, Geoffrey Elkington resigned
director
2021-09-30
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accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts · AA
2019-09-17
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officers · CH01
2018-09-28
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accounts · AA
2011-05-24
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2010-10-14
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DAGWELL, Geoffrey Elkington appointed
director
2010-03-26
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LOMASNEY, Melonie June appointed
director
2009-06-29
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Charge registered #13
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-12-31
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FRANCIS, Laura Bethany resigned
director
2008-12-31
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LACEY, Michael George James resigned
director
2008-12-31
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TILLSTONE, Steven resigned
director
2008-12-31
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TURNBULL, David Barry resigned
director
2008-05-01
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LOMASNEY, Hadleigh Myles appointed
director
2008-05-01
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LOMASNEY, Melonie June resigned
director
2007-06-26
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TURNBULL, David Barry appointed
director
2006-07-19
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Rbs If Limited
2006-06-29
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Charge satisfied #11
2006-06-29
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Charge satisfied #8
2006-06-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-10-07
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-05-17
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LOMASNEY, Aaron Gyles appointed
director
2000-09-30
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WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent appointed
secretary
2000-09-30
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STONE, Philip James resigned
secretary
2000-09-30
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STONE, Philip James resigned
director
2000-09-13
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Charge satisfied #7
2000-09-13
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Charge satisfied #6
2000-09-13
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Charge satisfied #5
2000-07-01
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LACEY, Michael George James appointed
director
1999-09-29
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FRANCIS, Laura Bethany appointed
director
1999-09-23
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Charge satisfied #10
1996-11-18
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WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent appointed
director
1996-11-18
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STONE, Philip James appointed
secretary
1996-11-18
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WOLSTENHOLME, Tom Vincent resigned
secretary
1996-07-12
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Charge satisfied #9
1996-06-01
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LOMASNEY, Melonie June appointed
director
1996-06-01
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STONE, Philip James appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Lomasney Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1981-05-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Amelia House

Crescent Road

Worthing

West Sussex

BN11 1QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10