ARTISAN LITHO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03918974 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
83 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees19001900

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.

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-05
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-02-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-01
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-29
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    capital · SH06
  17. 2018-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2018-02-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 2018-01-31
    ➖
    ELSLEY, Daren John resigned
    director
  20. 2016-10-28
    ➕
    ROFF, Lee James appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-08
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2014-01-08
    ➖
    BUCKINGHAM, Karen Victoria resigned
    secretary
  23. 2014-01-08
    ➖
    BUCKINGHAM, Neil resigned
    director
  24. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    ELSLEY, Daren John appointed
    director
  25. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    MILLWARD, Darren resigned
    director
  26. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    BUCKINGHAM, Karen Victoria appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    MILLWARD, Darren appointed
    director
  28. 2000-12-20
    ➖
    BAYLIFF, Jill Susan resigned
    secretary
  29. 2000-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN LITHO LIMITED
  30. 2000-02-03
    ➕
    BAYLIFF, Jill Susan appointed
    secretary
  31. 2000-02-03
    ➕
    BUCKINGHAM, Neil appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

Artisan Digital Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Artisan Digital Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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ARTISAN LITHO LIMITED
This company · 03918974

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Artisan Digital Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Lee James Roff
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2021

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

2 Michaels Court Hanney Road
Southmoor
Abingdon
OX13 5HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROFF, Lee James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAYLIFF, Jill Susan→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-03 · resigned 2000-12-20
Resigned
BUCKINGHAM, Karen Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2014-01-08
Resigned
BUCKINGHAM, Neil→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-02-03 · resigned 2014-01-08
Resigned
ELSLEY, Daren John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2018-01-31
Resigned
MILLWARD, Darren→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—09/02/2018—
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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09