INFORMATION ART (DS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03218079 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-28

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-07-03
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2026-03-18
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2025-04-16
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2024-02-24
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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accounts · AA
2018-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-08-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-19
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2016-03-11
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accounts · AA
2015-07-23
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1996-06-28
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Company incorporated
As INFORMATION ART (DS) LIMITED
1996-06-28
➕
SMITH, Kevin Randal appointed
secretary
1996-06-28
➕
DILLON SMITH, Heide Marie appointed
director
1996-06-28
➕
SMITH, Kevin Randal appointed
director
1996-06-28
➕
SCF SECRETARIES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-06-28
➖
SCF SECRETARIES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-06-28
➕
S C F (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-06-28
➖
S C F (UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin Randal Smith Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/06/2026
Mrs Heidemarie Dillon Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/06/2017

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

Incorporated1996-06-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36 Newgate Street

Brecon

Powys

LD3 8DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-12

Last: 2026-06-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Kevin Randal→

secretary · appointed 1996-06-28

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Active

DILLON SMITH, Heide Marie→

director · ~59y · appointed 1996-06-28

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Active

SMITH, Kevin Randal→

director · ~65y · appointed 1996-06-28

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Active

SCF SECRETARIES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-28 · resigned 1996-06-28

Resigned

S C F (UK) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-28 · resigned 1996-06-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-05

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-07-03