D & J SIMONS & ARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05210903 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-20

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

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

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.9y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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mortgage · MR04
2026-01-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-09
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Charge satisfied #4
2026-01-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2026-01-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-03
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gazette · DISS40
2023-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-03-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-25
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-05-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-11-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-11-03
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mortgage · MR01
2020-11-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-10-29
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Cbre Loan Services Limited
2020-10-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Cbre Loan Services Limited
2020-10-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Cbre Loan Services Limited
2017-08-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Solutus Advisors Limited
2014-07-11
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SIMONS, Howard Ian appointed
director
2004-08-20
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Company incorporated
As D & J SIMONS & ARTS LIMITED
2004-08-20
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SIMONS, Anthony Benjamin appointed
secretary
2004-08-20
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RABBOW, Amanda Jayne appointed
director
2004-08-20
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SIMONS, Anthony Benjamin appointed
director
2004-08-20
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SIMONS, Daniel James appointed
director
2004-08-20
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SIMONS, Robert Matthew appointed
director
2004-08-20
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FISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-08-20
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FISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-08-20
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ACRE (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-08-20
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ACRE (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIMONS" — 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 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

D. & J. Simons & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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D. & J. Simons & Sons Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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D & J SIMONS & ARTS LIMITED

This company · 05210903

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
D. & J. Simons & Sons Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-08-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

124-150 Hackney Road

London

E2 7QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20