ANDREW SMITH ARCHITECTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03184815 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-11

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£44.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Likely a small architectural practice providing design, planning, and building-related consultancy services, though the generic SIC code 99999 and micro-entity filings suggest limited trading activity, making the precise day-to-day scope unclear beyond what the name implies.

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £44,412

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£44k

Current Assets

£104k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£44.4k
Current assets	£103.6k
Net assets	£44.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2025-06-25
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2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19
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accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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accounts · AA
2017-06-30
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accounts · AA
2016-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-30
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2001-04-14
➖
SMITH, Victor resigned
director
1996-04-11
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW SMITH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
1996-04-11
➕
DAVIS, Janice appointed
secretary
1996-04-11
➕
SMITH, Andrew Paul Graham appointed
director
1996-04-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-04-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-04-11
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SMITH, Victor appointed
director
1996-04-11
➕
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-04-11
➖
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Paul Graham Smith Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated1996-04-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Woodlands

1 Cliff Road

Wallasey

Merseyside

CH44 3DJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DAVIS, Janice→

secretary · appointed 1996-04-11

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Active

SMITH, Andrew Paul Graham→

director · ~75y · appointed 1996-04-11

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-11 · resigned 1996-04-11

Resigned

SMITH, Victor→

director · ~110y · appointed 1996-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-14

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-04-11 · resigned 1996-04-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-15

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2026-01-29