AKKADIA PRESS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC524030 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-12
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees20

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-30
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AKKADIA PRESS LTD
  18. 2016-01-12
    ➕
    JUBAILI, Karl appointed
    director
  19. 2016-01-12
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    RENAHAN, Shelagh Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Shelagh Anne Renahan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Karl Jubaili
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

3a Douglas Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6HN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JUBAILI, Karl→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-12
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Active
RENAHAN, Shelagh Anne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-12
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-07