PICCOLO PRESS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC635337 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 17230
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 18129SIC 18129
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,298
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,532 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£3.3k£12.8k
Current assets£35.7k£39.7k
Net assets£3.3k£12.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-18
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-08-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2019-08-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PICCOLO PRESS LIMITED
  12. 2019-07-05
    PERTWEE, Charles William Park appointed
    director
  13. 2019-07-05
    PERTWEE, Christopher Roger John Park appointed
    director
  14. 2019-07-05
    PERTWEE, Roger John appointed
    director
  15. 2019-07-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
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.

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

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

🏛️
Moreleign Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
PICCOLO PRESS LIMITED
This company · SC635337

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
Moreleign Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC17230 — SIC 17230

Registered office

Piccolo Press Ltd
90 Harbour Street
Nairn
IV12 4PG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PERTWEE, Charles William Park
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-07-05
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Active
PERTWEE, Christopher Roger John Park
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-07-05
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Active
PERTWEE, Roger John
director · ~84y · appointed 2019-07-05
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-08-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2019-08-13