A DISPLAY GRAPHICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09265214 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-15
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.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A DISPLAY GRAPHICS LIMITED
  16. 2014-10-15
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    KHAN, Andrew Khalid appointed
    director
  17. 2014-10-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Khalid Khan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/11/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Little Saddlers Ricardo Court
Bramley
Guildford
GU5 0HU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KHAN, Andrew Khalid→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-10-15
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19