HIGHFIELD PRESS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC505085 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-05
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-09-30
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    PEACOCK, Elizabeth Sarah, Dr resigned
    director
  8. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-27
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGHFIELD PRESS LTD
  16. 2015-05-05
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    PEACOCK, Alys Barbara Rombaut appointed
    director
  17. 2015-05-05
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    PEACOCK, Andrew Charles Spencer, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2015-05-05
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    PEACOCK, Elizabeth Sarah, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2015-05-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Professor Andrew Charles Spencer Peacock
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

53 Lawmill Gardens
St. Andrews
KY16 8QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PEACOCK, Alys Barbara Rombaut→
director · ~84y · appointed 2015-05-05
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Active
PEACOCK, Andrew Charles Spencer, Dr→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-05-05
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Active
PEACOCK, Elizabeth Sarah, Dr→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-05-05 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-11