DEREK J SMITH (HUCKNALL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04320180 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-3.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
73 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,725

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4k-£4kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-3.7k£-3.7k
Net assets£-3.7k£-3.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-09
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2022-05-05
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  5. 2021-05-20
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  6. 2020-09-09
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  7. 2019-11-21
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  8. 2018-08-13
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  9. 2017-09-11
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  10. 2016-11-07
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  11. 2015-11-12
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  12. 2015-11-12
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2015-04-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-22
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  15. 2014-12-22
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2005-09-28
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    DUTTON, Catherine Lucy resigned
    secretary
  17. 2004-04-01
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    DUTTON, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-04-01
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    DUTTON, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2001-11-22
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    DUTTON, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2001-11-22
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    DUTTON, Catherine Lucy appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-11-22
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-11-22
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As DEREK J SMITH (HUCKNALL) LIMITED
  24. 2001-11-09
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-09
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Dutton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

4 Yorke Street,
Hucknall
Nottingham
NG15 7BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUTTON, Caroline Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUTTON, Caroline Elizabeth→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-04-01
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Active
DUTTON, Ian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUTTON, Catherine Lucy→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-22 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-22
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-12