ADVENT PRESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07677824 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-21

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

58110Book publishing
82190Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
82302Activities of conference organisers

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 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

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-04
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annual-return · AR01
2016-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-30
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annual-return · AR01
2011-06-21
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Company incorporated
As ADVENT PRESS LIMITED
2011-06-21
➕
BULLOCK, Daren Michael appointed
director
2011-06-21
➕
BULLOCK, Sujoya Paul appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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 Daren Michael Bullock Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/06/2017
Mrs Sujoya Paul Bullock Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/06/2017

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

Incorporated2011-06-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

141 Cressex Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP12 4PZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BULLOCK, Daren Michael→

director · ~52y · appointed 2011-06-21

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BULLOCK, Sujoya Paul→

director · ~49y · appointed 2011-06-21

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