ADM PRINT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05150610 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-10
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£99kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£106.8k
Current assets£42.9k
Cash£15.5k
Debtors£25.0k
Net assets£99.5k
Average employees3

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-02
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-03-25
    BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-08
    BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton resigned
    director
  8. 2023-08-08
    JOHNSON, Matthew Robert resigned
    director
  9. 2023-08-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-08-08
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-03-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-30
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  13. 2021-06-30
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  14. 2020-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-08-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2016-08-23
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    officers · CH01
  20. 2004-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADM PRINT LIMITED
  21. 2004-06-10
    JOHNSON, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2004-06-10
    BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-06-10
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-06-10
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-06-10
    BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton appointed
    director
  26. 2004-06-10
    JOHNSON, Matthew Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2004-06-10
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-06-10
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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 Andrew Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
75100%
75-100% shares09/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

16 Appleton Street
Wigan
WN3 4BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

JOHNSON, Andrew
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-06-10
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Active
BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton
secretary · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2024-03-25
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2004-06-10
Resigned
BARKER, Daniel Richard Clifton
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2023-08-08
Resigned
JOHNSON, Matthew Robert
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2023-08-08
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2004-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30