ADVANCED PRINTING SOLUTIONS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13592909 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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, 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29➕ACUNUNEI, Cristian Ioan appointeddirector
- 2025-04-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-04➕ACUNUNEI, Niculina appointeddirector
- 2022-12-04➖ACUNUNEI, Ioan Cristian resigneddirector
- 2022-12-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-08-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED PRINTING SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2021-08-30➕ACUNUNEI, Ioan Cristian appointeddirector
- 2021-08-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Ioan Cristian Acununei Individual · British,Romanian · DOB 07/1976 · age 50 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/08/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77330 — Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)
Registered office
128 Turners Hill 128 Turners Hill
Cheshunt
Waltham Cross
EN8 9BN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ACUNUNEI, Cristian Ioan→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2025-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ACUNUNEI, Niculina→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2022-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ACUNUNEI, Ioan Cristian→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-08-30 · resigned 2022-12-04
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Recent filings (15 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-30