ARTMACHINE GRAPHICS LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £29.0k | £35.7k |
| Current assets | £57.6k | £49.5k |
| Cash | £33.7k | £33.4k |
| Debtors | £21.9k | £14.0k |
| Net assets | £29.0k | £35.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-12📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-11-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-09➖COOPER, Eileen Dawn resignedsecretary
- 2025-10-09➖COOPER, Alan Edward resigneddirector
- 2025-10-09➖COOPER, Eileen Dawn resigneddirector
- 2025-08-01➕SWANSON, Rebecca Louise appointeddirector
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2009-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTMACHINE GRAPHICS LTD
- 2009-12-16➕COOPER, Eileen Dawn appointedsecretary
- 2009-12-16➕COOPER, Alan Edward appointeddirector
- 2009-12-16➕COOPER, Eileen Dawn appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
1 med ·Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: COOPER, Eileen Dawn resigned 2025-10-09; COOPER, Alan Edward resigned 2025-10-09; COOPER, Eileen Dawn resigned 2025-10-09
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rebecca Louise Swanson Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/08/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Eileen Dawn Cooperceased 31/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
- Mr Alan Edward Cooperceased 31/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
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