KRISP, PRINTING & STATIONERY CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC118226 · ltd · incorporated 1989-05-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£54.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £54,867

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£55k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2£2
Net assets£54.9k£54.9k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2024-06-14
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  4. 2023-08-07
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  5. 2022-07-12
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  6. 2021-08-16
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  7. 2020-12-02
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  8. 2019-07-30
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  9. 2018-05-21
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  10. 2017-06-10
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  11. 2016-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
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  13. 2015-06-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-27
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-03-23
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    BENNETT, Alister Grimwade appointed
    director
  17. 1993-02-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 1990-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 1990-05-30
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1990-05-30
    ➖
    VINDEX LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1990-05-30
    ➖
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1989-05-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KRISP, PRINTING & STATIONERY CO. LIMITED
  23. 1989-05-30
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1989-05-30
    ➕
    VINDEX LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1989-05-30
    ➕
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1940-06-17
    ➖
    BENNETT, Howard Grimwade resigned
    director
  27. 1938-08-18
    ➖
    BENNETT, Joan Peake resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Wyvex Media Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wyvex Media Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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KRISP, PRINTING & STATIONERY CO. LIMITED
This company · SC118226

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wyvex Media Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-05-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Wyvex Media Ltd, Crannog
Lane, Lochavullin Industrial
Estate, Oban
Argyll
PA34 4HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-13
Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BENNETT, Howard Grimwade→
secretary
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Active
BENNETT, Alister Grimwade→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-03-23
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Active
BENNETT, Howard Grimwade→
director · ~86y
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Active
BENNETT, Joan Peake→
director · ~88y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1989-05-30 · resigned 1990-05-30
Resigned
BENNETT, Howard Grimwade→
director · ~86y · resigned 1940-06-17
Resigned
BENNETT, Joan Peake→
director · ~88y · resigned 1938-08-18
Resigned
VINDEX LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1989-05-30 · resigned 1990-05-30
Resigned
VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1989-05-30 · resigned 1990-05-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property28/06/199019/02/1993

Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30