THE PRINT REGISTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC174811 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-24
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 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 25.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,308

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£4k-£3k-£1k£637£2k£4kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-4.3k£-2.2k
Current assets£1.3k£3.9k
Net assets£-4.3k£-2.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-27
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2023-07-06
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    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-07-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-01-30
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  7. 2022-04-13
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    address · AD01
  8. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-01
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  10. 2020-01-30
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  11. 2019-01-23
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  12. 2018-01-30
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  13. 2017-02-07
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  14. 2016-05-02
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  15. 2016-02-04
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  16. 2015-05-07
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  17. 2015-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2000-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 1997-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As THE PRINT REGISTER LIMITED
  20. 1997-04-24
    ➕
    TRUMBLE, Janet Shirley appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-04-24
    ➕
    TRUMBLE, Janet Shirley appointed
    director
  22. 1997-04-24
    ➕
    TRUMBLE, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  23. 1997-04-24
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-04-24
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-04-24
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1997-04-24
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas John Trumble
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
IV19 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TRUMBLE, Janet Shirley→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-24
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Active
TRUMBLE, Janet Shirley→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-04-24
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Active
TRUMBLE, Nicholas John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-24 · resigned 1997-04-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-24 · resigned 1997-04-24
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
Bond & floating charge1 property28/11/200006/07/2023

Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30