A.B. SCREENPRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03245354 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-03
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£244.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £244,882

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£245k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£250k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£53k£107k£160k£214k£267kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£244.9k£214.1k
Current assets£249.8k£267.3k
Net assets£244.9k£214.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-05-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-05-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-03-29
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    ANDRE, Glenn Peter resigned
    director
  9. 2021-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-31
    ➖
    SUMMERS, Ian Thomas resigned
    director
  14. 2019-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-01
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    SUMMERS, Ian Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2017-07-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-06-29
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    BOOTH, John appointed
    director
  19. 2017-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 1996-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A.B. SCREENPRINT LIMITED
  21. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    BAKER, Edgar Hugh appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    BAKER, Edgar Hugh appointed
    director
  23. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    BAKER, Kevin appointed
    director
  24. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-09-03
    ➖
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    ANDRE, Glenn Peter appointed
    director
  27. 1996-09-03
    ➕
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-09-03
    ➖
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Baker
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Glen Peter Andreceased 29/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

44 Jamaica Street
Liverpool
L1 0AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BAKER, Edgar Hugh→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Edgar Hugh→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-09-03
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Active
BAKER, Kevin→
director · ~51y · appointed 1996-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOTH, John→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-03 · resigned 1996-09-03
Resigned
ANDRE, Glenn Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-09-03 · resigned 2022-03-29
Resigned
SUMMERS, Ian Thomas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-11-01 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-09-03 · resigned 1996-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08