BAILPRINT LABELS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04240574 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18121
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 24.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees202100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-10-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-02-01
    ➕
    BLACKLEDGE, Lynn appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-13
    ➕
    BLACKLEDGE, Lynn appointed
    secretary
  15. 2019-03-13
    ➖
    ENTWISTLE, Sharon resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-03-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  17. 2019-03-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2017-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-06-01
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    ENTWISTLE, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-05-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2009-08-06
    ➖
    ROWLAND, Louise resigned
    secretary
  24. 2009-08-06
    ➖
    ROWLAND, Louise resigned
    director
  25. 2002-07-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2002-07-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2001-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BAILPRINT LABELS LTD
  28. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    HAYWARD, John appointed
    director
  29. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    ROWLAND, Louise appointed
    secretary
  30. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-06-25
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    ROWLAND, Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Bailprint Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bailprint Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BAILPRINT LABELS LTD
This company · 04240574

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bailprint Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares27/10/2016
Diretor John Hayward
Individual · English · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121

Registered office

Unit 6
Chorley North Industrial Park
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 7DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BLACKLEDGE, Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-13
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Active
BLACKLEDGE, Lynn→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYWARD, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENTWISTLE, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-03-13
Resigned
ROWLAND, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2009-08-06
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2001-06-25
Resigned
ROWLAND, Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2009-08-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Charge of deposit1 property20/05/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property10/07/2002—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property02/07/200224/10/2025
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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-30