BARKERS LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04681826 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-12.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,719

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£13k
Current Assets
£77k
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k£5k£23k£41k£59k£77kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£15.2k—
Current assets£77.1k—
Net assets£-12.7k—

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.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-01-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2020-01-06
    ➖
    BARKER, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  14. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-03-03
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  18. 2003-03-03
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  19. 2003-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARKERS LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS LIMITED
  20. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    BARKER, Jonathan Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    BARKER, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-02-28
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Peter Barker
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 18 Castleview Business Centre
Gas House Road
Rochester
ME1 1PB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BARKER, Jonathan Peter→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2020-01-06
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2003-03-03
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-28 · resigned 2003-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24