A4 LASER LABELS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10798259 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-01

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 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£792.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18121

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £792,210

Cash YoY

+74%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£282k

↑ 74% YoY

Net Worth

£792k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£1.8m

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£1.42M	£1.19M
Current assets	£1.78M	£1.37M
Cash	£281.6k	£161.5k
Debtors	£975.1k	£821.6k
Net assets	£792.2k	£635.5k

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

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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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-02
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PLANT, Matthew Steven appointed
director
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-06-15
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BLOOM, Carol appointed
secretary
2021-11-03
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-10-22
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-08-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-08-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-26
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BLOOM, Laurence Stuart appointed
director
2021-06-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The "Security Trustee")
2021-03-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: C.F. Labels LTD (In Administration)
2021-03-18
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BURTON, Gary resigned
director
2021-02-19
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ORMROD, Adam John appointed
director
2021-02-19
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PLANT, Susan appointed
director
2017-06-01
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Company incorporated
As A4 LASER LABELS LIMITED
2017-06-01
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PLANT, Stephen Andrew appointed
director
2017-06-01
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BURTON, Gary 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

A4 Labels (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A4 Labels (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A4 LASER LABELS LIMITED

This company · 10798259

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
A4 Labels (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/06/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Stephen Andrew Plantceased 01/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Gary Burtonceased 28/06/2021· 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

Incorporated2017-06-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121

Registered office

Bingswood Industrial Estate Bingswood Industrial Estate

Whaley Bridge

High Peak

Derbyshire

SK23 7SP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03