ST ANDREWS PUBLISHING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC789542 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-16
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,233

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£340
Net Worth
-£5k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£-5.2k
Cash£340
Net assets£-5.2k

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

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2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-11-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ST ANDREWS PUBLISHING LIMITED
  7. 2023-11-16
    JARVIE, Emily Elizabeth appointed
    director
  8. 2023-11-16
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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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Emily Elizabeth Jarvie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1996 · age 30
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Registered office

First Floor Studio
141 South Street
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9UN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JARVIE, Emily Elizabeth
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-11-16
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-16