1ST IMPRESSIONS SIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07091642 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-01

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-16
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-20
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address · AD01
2009-12-01
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Company incorporated
As 1ST IMPRESSIONS SIGNS LTD
2009-12-01
➕
ADAM, Nicola appointed
secretary
2009-12-01
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ADAM, Jason Andrew James appointed
director
2009-12-01
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ADAM, Nicola appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jason Andrew James Adam Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/12/2016
Mrs Nicola Adam Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/12/2021

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

Incorporated2009-12-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

The Quadrant Centre

Limes Road

Weybridge

KT13 8DH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ADAM, Nicola→

secretary · appointed 2009-12-01

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Active

ADAM, Jason Andrew James→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-12-01

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Active

ADAM, Nicola→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-01

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-17

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-17

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-16

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-21

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2022-04-08

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-01-18