ABBEYSTAR PRINT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07008047 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-03
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -37% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £11,723
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £14.1k | £10.7k |
| Current assets | £22.6k | £24.5k |
| Cash | £4.4k | £7.0k |
| Debtors | £18.2k | £17.6k |
| Net assets | £11.7k | £7.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-05➖LAWRENCE, Kevin resigneddirector
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-02-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-09-30➕WARD, Vincent Peter appointeddirector
- 2009-09-30➖GRAEME, Paul Gordon resigneddirector
- 2009-09-30➕LAWRENCE, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2009-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEYSTAR PRINT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2009-09-03➕GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Vincent Peter Ward Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kevin Lawrenceceased 07/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
32 Clarence Street
Southend-On-Sea
Essex
SS1 1BD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
WARD, Vincent Peter→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAEME, Paul Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2009-09-03 · resigned 2009-09-30
LAWRENCE, Kevin→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2023-12-05
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/02/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-05