ALLIANCE PRINT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC798434 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-09
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£15.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £15,405

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£15k
Current Assets
£238k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£15.4k
Current assets£237.5k
Net assets£15.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-01-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2025-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD
  8. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIANCE PRINT LTD
  10. 2024-02-09
    MCCOWEN, Ewan Albert appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-09
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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 2.2 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.)

Group structure

Galley Proof Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Galley Proof Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ALLIANCE PRINT LTD
This company · SC798434

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Galley Proof Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/07/2025
Mr Ewan Albert Mccowen
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting09/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

13 Hill Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3JP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCCOWEN, Ewan Albert
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services LTD
A registered charge23/01/2025
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-24
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-09