1DPRINTING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15243713 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-28
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
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-10-31
Average employees100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-12-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2025-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2024-11-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 1DPRINTING LTD
  15. 2023-10-28
    SPARKS, Kelly Luan appointed
    director
  16. 2023-10-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alison Jane Tyrrell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting28/10/2023
Mrs Kelly Luan Sparks
Individual · British · DOB 03/1987 · age 39
sig. influencesignificant influence28/10/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Alison Jane Tyrrellceased 28/10/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

64 Brewers Lane
Gosport
Hampshire
PO13 0LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SPARKS, Kelly Luan
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-10-28
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Recent filings (17 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-27