A. SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03655537 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-23
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-188.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £188,276
Net assets shrinking
Down £297,620 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£188k
↓ 272% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£188k£222k£632k£1.0m£1.5m£1.9mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets—£104.9k
Current assets£1.86M£1.52M
Net assets£-188.3k£109.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    PODEMSKY, Gary James appointed
    director
  2. 2026-02-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2021-10-14
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    address · AD01
  12. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-26
    ➕
    DIGBY, Rebecca Sharon appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-08-26
    ➖
    DE VROOME, Peter John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2017-08-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2017-08-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2006-02-08
    ➖
    HOWE, Mark John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-02-07
    ➕
    DE VROOME, Peter John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    SMITH, Adrian Frederick appointed
    director
  23. 1999-02-28
    ➖
    SMITH, Adrian Frederick resigned
    director
  24. 1998-10-28
    ➕
    HOWE, Mark John appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-10-28
    ➖
    OXLEY, Paul Steven resigned
    secretary
  26. 1998-10-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED
  27. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Andrew John appointed
    director
  28. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    OXLEY, Paul Steven appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-10-23
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    SMITH, Adrian Frederick appointed
    director
  32. 1998-10-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1998-10-23
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Frederick Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/10/2016

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
Incorporated1998-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Matrix Studio Complex
91 Peterborough Road
London
SW6 3BU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

DIGBY, Rebecca Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2017-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PODEMSKY, Gary James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2026-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Adrian Frederick→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Andrew John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE VROOME, Peter John→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-07 · resigned 2017-08-26
Resigned
HOWE, Mark John→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-28 · resigned 2006-02-08
Resigned
OXLEY, Paul Steven→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 1998-10-28
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 1998-10-23
Resigned
SMITH, Adrian Frederick→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 1998-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

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2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-14