ATHENA PRINT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11550210 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-03
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-04-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-04-01
    ➕
    COOK, Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2020-12-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-12-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-10-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-10-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-10-16
    ➖
    COOK, Andrew resigned
    director
  16. 2020-10-15
    ➕
    COOK, Tom appointed
    director
  17. 2020-08-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-09-12
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2018-09-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATHENA PRINT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  21. 2018-09-03
    ➕
    COOK, Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Cook
Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/11/2020
Tom Cook
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/09/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Andrea Adlerceased 11/11/2020· 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
Incorporated2018-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Suite 13, 5 Hercules Way Leavesden Park
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD25 7GS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COOK, Andrew→
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Tom→
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Andrew→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-09-03 · resigned 2020-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-03