CHARCO PRESS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC550558 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-17
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
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 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-02-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-10-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-10-22
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARCO PRESS LTD
  19. 2016-11-17
    ➕
    MCDOWELL, Samuel appointed
    director
  20. 2016-11-17
    ➕
    ORLOFF, Carolina, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Samuel Mcdowell
Individual · New Zealander · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/11/2016
Dr Carolina Orloff
Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr. Carolina Orloffceased 28/02/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2016-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Office 59 44-46 Morningside Road
Edinburgh
EH10 4BF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCDOWELL, Samuel→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-11-17
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Active
ORLOFF, Carolina, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30