ALAKAT PUBLISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07656317 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-02

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	700	700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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address · AD01
2026-04-09
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address · AD01
2025-12-19
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officers · AP01
2025-12-19
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
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address · AD01
2025-12-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-16
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officers · TM01
2025-12-16
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officers · TM01
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
2025-12-09
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officers · AP01
2025-10-22
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DEBATTISTA, Darren James appointed
director
2025-10-22
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JONES, Andrew Lewis George appointed
director
2025-10-22
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JONES, Vanessa Audrey appointed
director
2025-10-22
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LEWIS, John Graham appointed
director
2025-10-22
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LEWIS, Selina Jasmine appointed
director
2025-10-22
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BAULCH, Anita Jane resigned
director
2025-10-22
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BAULCH, John Steven resigned
director
2025-10-21
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LEWIS, Simon appointed
director
2025-10-20
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2024-11-12
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2023-10-17
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2022-11-18
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accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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2011-06-02
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Company incorporated
As ALAKAT PUBLISHING LIMITED
2011-06-02
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BAULCH, Anita Jane appointed
director
2011-06-02
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BAULCH, John Steven appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BAULCH, Anita Jane resigned 2025-10-22; BAULCH, John Steven resigned 2025-10-22

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Lj Business Media Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lj Business Media Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALAKAT PUBLISHING LIMITED

This company · 07656317

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
Lj Business Media Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	22/10/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Anita Jane Baulchceased 22/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr John Steven Baulchceased 22/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2011-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Registered office

Suite A, Arun House

Office Village, River Way

Uckfield

East Sussex

TN22 1SL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-15

Last: 2026-06-01