ATLAS GRAPHICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04626046 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-30
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
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
57 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,413
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,930 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£9k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£22kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£10.4k£18.3k
Current assets£17.2k£21.9k
Net assets£9.4k£17.3k

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-04-11
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    JOHNSON, Samantha Joan appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2021-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLAS GRAPHICS LIMITED
  17. 2002-12-30
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Samantha Joan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-12-30
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2002-12-30
    ➕
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-12-30
    ➖
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-12-30
    ➕
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-12-30
    ➖
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Samantha Joan Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
—25–50%25-50% voting06/11/2019
Mr Andrew Michael Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

17 Westbourne Road
Penarth
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF64 3HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Samantha Joan→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-30
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Active
JOHNSON, Andrew Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-30
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Active
JOHNSON, Samantha Joan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-04-11
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Active
CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-30 · resigned 2002-12-30
Resigned
CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-30 · resigned 2002-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
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officers · AP01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15