ACME DESIGN & PRINT LTD
🌳Matureactive
06391763 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-31.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £31,680
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£11k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
-£32k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.1k | £16.9k |
| Current assets | £27.1k | £24.3k |
| Cash | £11.3k | £8.3k |
| Debtors | £13.7k | £14.3k |
| Net assets | £-31.7k | £-31.9k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-08-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-08-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-08-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-08-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-08-01➕MCKAY-RAPSON, Dean Ramsey appointeddirector
- 2017-08-01➖ALDRIDGE, Keith resigneddirector
- 2011-02-09➖ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul resignedsecretary
- 2011-02-09➖ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul resigneddirector
- 2008-10-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2007-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ACME DESIGN & PRINT LTD
- 2007-10-05➕JONES, Derek Paul appointeddirector
- 2007-10-05➕ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-05➕ALDRIDGE, Keith appointeddirector
- 2007-10-05➕ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Dean Ramsey Mckay-Rapson Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/08/2017 |
Mr Derek Paul Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Keith Aldridgeceased 01/08/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
Ency Associates, Printware Court
Cumberland Business Centre
Portsmouth
Hants
PO5 1DS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
JONES, Derek Paul→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2007-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKAY-RAPSON, Dean Ramsey→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-05 · resigned 2011-02-09
ALDRIDGE, Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-10-05 · resigned 2017-08-01
ALEXANDER, Glenn Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2007-10-05 · resigned 2011-02-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 06/10/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-08-23