BOUTIQUE PRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03227895 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-22
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-29.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £29,797
Very low cash
Cash position: £93
Cash YoY
+174%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£93
↑ 174% YoY
Net Worth
-£30k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 157% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£31k-£24k-£18k-£12k-£5k£1kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-29.4k£-30.9k
Current assets£1.2k£453
Cash£93£34
Debtors£99£38
Net assets£-29.8k£-30.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-01-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  9. 2022-11-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    SWIFT, Colin resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-08-27
    ➕
    WATSON, Charlotte Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2004-07-23
    ➕
    SWIFT, Colin appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-07-23
    ➖
    WATSON, Duncan Richard resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-01-02
    ➖
    WATSON, Georgina resigned
    director
  22. 1996-07-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOUTIQUE PRINT LIMITED
  23. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    WATSON, Duncan Richard appointed
    director
  24. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    WATSON, Duncan Richard appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-07-22
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    WATSON, Georgina appointed
    director
  28. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1996-07-22
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan Richard Watson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Coneyhurst Abinger Lane
Abinger Common
Dorking
RH5 6JF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WATSON, Charlotte Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Duncan Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 1996-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT, Colin→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-23 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
WATSON, Duncan Richard→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 2004-07-23
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 1996-07-22
Resigned
WATSON, Georgina→
director · ~56y · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 2002-01-02
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 1996-07-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-12-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25