AXMINSTER PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03794307 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-23
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£16.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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 £15,989

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£85k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£59k£79k£99kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£42.8k£45.7k
Current assets£85.2k£98.8k
Net assets£16.0k£13.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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  2. 2025-04-28
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  3. 2024-04-17
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  4. 2023-05-02
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  5. 2022-04-26
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  6. 2021-04-15
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  7. 2020-07-23
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  8. 2018-11-13
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  9. 2018-02-06
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  10. 2017-04-27
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  11. 2016-06-16
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  12. 2016-03-16
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  13. 2015-07-03
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  14. 2015-03-04
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  15. 2014-06-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-01-29
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    ROCKETT, Edward Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 1999-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AXMINSTER PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    ROCKETT, Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    ROCKETT, Jane appointed
    director
  20. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    ROCKETT, Keith John appointed
    director
  21. 1999-06-23
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    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-06-23
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    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    ROCKETT, Edward Anthony appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Rockett
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/05/2017
Mr Keith John Rockett
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/05/2017

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
Incorporated1999-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

West Street
Axminster
Devon
EX13 5NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROCKETT, Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROCKETT, Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-06-23
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Active
ROCKETT, Keith John→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 1999-06-23
Resigned
ROCKETT, Edward Anthony→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 2005-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
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accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13