118 PRINT & DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07548678 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-02

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£169.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £169,268

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£169k

↑ 6.6% YoY

Current Assets

£217k

↑ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£169.3k	£158.8k
Current assets	£217.5k	£209.5k
Net assets	£169.3k	£158.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-28
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accounts · AA
2024-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-05-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-07
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2012-09-01
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CHARLES, Melvin John appointed
director
2011-06-23
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SPINKS, Paul James resigned
secretary
2011-06-23
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SPINKS, Paul James resigned
director
2011-06-06
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CHARLES, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-04-15
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HADLEY-SMITH, James appointed
director
2011-03-02
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Company incorporated
As 118 PRINT & DESIGN LIMITED
2011-03-02
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SPINKS, Paul James appointed
secretary
2011-03-02
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SPINKS, Paul James appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Melvin John Charles Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr James Hadley-Smith Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/05/2018

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

Incorporated2011-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

12 Birch House Birch Lane Business Park

Aldridge

Walsall

West Midlands

WS9 0NF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-13

Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHARLES, Melvin John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-09-01

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Active

CHARLES, Susan Elizabeth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2011-06-06

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Active

HADLEY-SMITH, James→

director · ~44y · appointed 2011-04-15

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Active

SPINKS, Paul James→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-02 · resigned 2011-06-23

Resigned

SPINKS, Paul James→

director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-02 · resigned 2011-06-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-03