AW SMITH (FARM MACHINERY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05094018 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-10-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-02-02
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    URRY, Jonathan resigned
    director
  8. 2023-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-04-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2018-03-31
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    MELBOURNE, Stephen Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-04-04
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-03-29
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    MELBOURNE, Stephen Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2015-05-14
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    CUMMINGS, Gordon resigned
    director
  21. 2012-09-01
    ➕
    URRY, Jonathan appointed
    director
  22. 2012-09-01
    ➖
    URRY, Jonathan resigned
    director
  23. 2012-06-01
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    CUMMINGS, Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2012-06-01
    ➕
    URRY, Jonathan appointed
    director
  25. 2011-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  26. 2004-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AW SMITH (FARM MACHINERY) LIMITED
  27. 2004-04-05
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    SMITH, John William James appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-04-05
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew Alan appointed
    director
  29. 2004-04-05
    ➕
    SMITH, John William James appointed
    director
  30. 2004-04-05
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2004-04-05
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2004-04-05
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2004-04-05
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 69. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

A W Smith & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A W Smith & Sons Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AW SMITH (FARM MACHINERY) LIMITED
This company · 05094018

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A W Smith & Sons Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • A W Smith &Amp; Sons Limitedceased 09/01/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2004-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46610 — SIC 46610

Registered office

Home Farm
Withcall
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 9RL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SMITH, John William James→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Andrew Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John William James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-05 · resigned 2004-04-05
Resigned
CUMMINGS, Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2015-05-14
Resigned
MELBOURNE, Stephen Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-03-29 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
URRY, Jonathan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2012-09-01
Resigned
URRY, Jonathan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2023-02-02
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-05 · resigned 2004-04-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/02/201121/10/2025

Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09