A & R TRADEPRINT LTD
🌳Matureactive
05041754 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-12
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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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
79 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
12
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-04-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2005-02-14➕JAQUES, Elizabeth Anne appointedsecretary
- 2005-02-14➕JAQUES, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 2005-02-14➖WILKINSON, Lee resignedsecretary
- 2005-02-14➖WILKINSON, Lee resigneddirector
- 2005-02-14➖WILLIAMS, Richard resigneddirector
- 2004-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs A & R TRADEPRINT LTD
- 2004-02-12➕JAQUES, Clive Spencer appointeddirector
- 2004-02-12➕WILKINSON, Lee appointedsecretary
- 2004-02-12➕WILKINSON, Lee appointeddirector
- 2004-02-12➕WILLIAMS, Richard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 69. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Elizabeth Anne Jaques Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 13/02/2024 |
Mr Clive Spencer Jaques Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 12/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
C/O Henry Bramall & Co Ltd Unit 8, Acorn Business Park
Woodseats Close
Sheffield
S8 0TB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
JAQUES, Elizabeth Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-02-14
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JAQUES, Clive Spencer→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2004-02-12
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JAQUES, Elizabeth Anne→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2005-02-14
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WILKINSON, Lee→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2005-02-14
WILKINSON, Lee→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2005-02-14
WILLIAMS, Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2005-02-14
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Recent filings (79 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22