BAF PRINTERS (1962) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07647054 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-25
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 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18121
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
🏦
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-01➕WALLIS, Scott Michael Gareth appointeddirector
- 2019-11-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2011-05-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BAF PRINTERS (1962) LIMITED
- 2011-05-25➕BOND-WALLIS, Angela Jane appointeddirector
- 2011-05-25➕WILLIAMS, Tracy Karen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Baf Printers (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Baf Printers (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
⬇
BAF PRINTERS (1962) LIMITED
This company · 07647054
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baf Printers (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/10/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Angela Jane Bond Wallisceased 25/10/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Tracy Karen Williamsceased 25/10/2024· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Manufacturing · LS postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&D TILING LIMITED→ 16292266 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| B1 AVIATION LTD→ 16028323 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BA CARPENTRY LTD→ 13541755 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BALLARD INNOVATIONS LIMITED→ 16666855 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BANO GLOW LTD→ 16639299 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BARK PRODUCTS LTD→ 14389613 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BARKSTON PLASTICS (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED→ 05425761 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BARKSTON PLASTICS ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 01114463 · est 1973 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| BARKSTON PLASTICS LTD→ 00959719 · est 1969 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 56y | — | — |
| BASKERVILLE REACTORS & AUTOCLAVES LIMITED→ 09705309 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BASKETDROP LTD.→ 11396648 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| BATHEASTON CABINET MAKERS LIMITED→ 04798428 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121
Registered office
Portland House
Cross Chancellor Street
Leeds
LS6 2TG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BOND-WALLIS, Angela Jane→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALLIS, Scott Michael Gareth→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2019-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Tracy Karen→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2011-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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 | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/06/2011 | — |
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.
Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28