G. SIMMONS & SONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04413816 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£762.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.5y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £762,736

Net assets shrinking

Down £150,045 YoY

Cash YoY

-26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£669k

↓ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£763k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 5.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£795.7k	£944.8k
Current assets	£1.30M	£1.23M
Cash	£668.5k	£903.1k
Debtors	£578.7k	£291.8k
Net assets	£762.7k	£912.8k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Atom Bank PLC
2025-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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officers · CH01
2025-03-25
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-01-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-16
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-16
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capital · SH01
2023-12-08
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capital · SH10
2023-10-24
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CROSS, Lauren Jade appointed
director
2023-10-24
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SIMMONS, Thomas Patrick appointed
director
2023-10-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2015-11-23
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SIMMONS, Graham John resigned
director
2002-04-10
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Company incorporated
As G. SIMMONS & SONS LTD.
2002-04-10
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SIMMONS, Shaun Norman appointed
secretary
2002-04-10
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SIMMONS, Graham Mark appointed
director
2002-04-10
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SIMMONS, Shaun Norman appointed
director
2002-04-10
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-10
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-10
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SIMMONS, Graham John appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIMMONS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SIMMONS, Thomas Patrick (same surname) appointed 2023-10-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Group structure

G Simmons & Sons Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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G Simmons & Sons Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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G. SIMMONS & SONS LTD.

This company · 04413816

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
G Simmons & Sons Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	22/10/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Yvonne Carol Simmonsceased 14/03/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr Shaun Norman Simmonsceased 22/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Graham Mark Simmonsceased 22/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2002-04-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Unit 7, Newfield Close

Walsall

West Midlands

WS2 7PB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-29

Last: 2026-05-15