ALVERTON PRESS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07118137 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-07
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£46.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.3 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
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
59 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,526

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£28k
Net Worth
£47k
Current Assets
£174k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£35k£69k£104k£139k£174kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£111.5k—
Current assets£173.5k—
Cash£28.5k—
Debtors£128.0k—
Net assets£46.5k—
Average employees—500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2025-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-29
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    OVERTON, Samantha resigned
    director
  7. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-04-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-09-24
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    STORR, David resigned
    director
  14. 2024-08-06
    ➕
    OVERTON, Samantha appointed
    director
  15. 2024-08-06
    ➕
    STORR, David appointed
    director
  16. 2024-08-06
    ➖
    VASEY, Guy Farrow resigned
    director
  17. 2024-08-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-04-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-11-30
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    FORREST, Laura resigned
    secretary
  23. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2021-05-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  25. 2021-05-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  26. 2014-10-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  27. 2012-04-01
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    FORREST, Laura appointed
    secretary
  28. 2012-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
  29. 2010-01-08
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Peter Jeremy appointed
    director
  30. 2010-01-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALVERTON PRESS LIMITED
  31. 2010-01-07
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  32. 2010-01-07
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  33. 2010-01-07
    ➕
    VASEY, Guy Farrow appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Quick And Easy Trade Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Quick And Easy Trade Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALVERTON PRESS LIMITED
This company · 07118137

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Quick And Easy Trade Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/02/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Guy Farrow Vaseyceased 05/02/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

1 The Old Bakehouse Plews Way
Leeming Bar Industrial Estate
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 9UL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ANDERSON, Peter Jeremy→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Laura→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-30
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2010-01-07
Resigned
OVERTON, Samantha→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-08-06 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned
STORR, David→
director · ~75y · appointed 2024-08-06 · resigned 2024-09-24
Resigned
VASEY, Guy Farrow→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2024-08-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
Debenture1 property26/03/201229/10/2014

Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28