AJ SHOREPRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04445240 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-10-27
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  4. 2023-03-02
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  5. 2022-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-06-13
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2012-01-01
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    VRBIK, Vit appointed
    director
  18. 2012-01-01
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    WILKINSON, Angela resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-01-01
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    WILKINSON, Angela resigned
    director
  20. 2002-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AJ SHOREPRINT LIMITED
  21. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    WILKINSON, John Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2002-05-22
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Angela appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-05-22
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-05-22
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-05-22
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    WILKINSON, Angela appointed
    director
  26. 2002-05-22
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    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-05-22
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    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 24 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Vit Vrbik
Individual · Czech · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Peter Wilkinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

1 North Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1YA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

VRBIK, Vit→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILKINSON, John Peter→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILKINSON, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2002-05-22
Resigned
WILKINSON, Angela→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-22 · resigned 2002-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19