BAGPRESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04354623 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-02-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-04-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-01-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BAGPRESS LIMITED
- 2002-01-17➕KING, Darren Peter appointedsecretary
- 2002-01-17➕BRITTEN, Dawn Patricia appointeddirector
- 2002-01-17➕KING, Darren Peter appointeddirector
- 2002-01-17➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-01-17➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-01-17➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-01-17➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Darren Peter King Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
The Haybarn Southern Green Farm
Southern Green
Rushden
Herts
SG9 0SX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
KING, Darren Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-01-17
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BRITTEN, Dawn Patricia→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-01-17
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KING, Darren Peter→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2002-01-17
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-17 · resigned 2002-01-17
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-17 · resigned 2002-01-17
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16