BEST LABELS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07574464 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18121

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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).

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-30
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-03-22
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Company incorporated
As BEST LABELS LIMITED
2011-03-22
➕
GRANGER, Russell William appointed
director
2011-03-22
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-03-22
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-22
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HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart appointed
director
2011-03-22
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HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart resigned
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Russell William Granger Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	22/03/2017

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

Incorporated2011-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121

Registered office

Brooks House

1 Albion Place

Maidstone

Kent

ME14 5DY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GRANGER, Russell William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-22

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Active

CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-22 · resigned 2011-03-22

Resigned

HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart→

director · ~56y · appointed 2011-03-22 · resigned 2011-03-22

Resigned

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