ROY SMART LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05404904 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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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 employees300300

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-11
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    SMART, Maureen Lesley resigned
    director
  4. 2026-02-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-03-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    SMART, Maureen Lesley appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-29
    ➖
    CROOK, Rosemary Anne resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    SMART, Roy Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    CROOK, Rosemary Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ROY SMART LIMITED
  23. 2005-03-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-03-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-03-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-03-29
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Peter Smart
Individual · English · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Maureen Lesley Smartceased 11/02/2026· 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
Incorporated2005-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Suite 42 Pure Offices
Kembrey Park
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 8BW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SMART, Roy Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOK, Rosemary Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2009-03-29
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2005-03-29
Resigned
SMART, Maureen Lesley→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-01-01 · resigned 2026-02-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2005-03-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18