CMS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05488264 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-22

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 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£855.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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 6.1y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £855,535

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

Net Worth

£856k

Current Assets

£88k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£1.17M
Current assets	£87.6k
Cash	£15.7k
Debtors	£71.9k
Net assets	£855.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-12
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ROUND, Gregory Dominic resigned
director
2025-08-20
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mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2025-04-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-05
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ROUND, Gregory Dominic appointed
director
2025-03-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-05
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THOMPSON, Robert Charles resigned
director
2024-01-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-05
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WALSH, Michael Bernard resigned
director
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
2022-05-04
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-04-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-08
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BARRAND, Peter John appointed
director
2022-04-08
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DUNN, Stephen appointed
director
2022-04-08
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HOSKYNS-ABRAHALL, Bennet Mansel Leigh appointed
director
2022-04-08
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MANSON, Christopher John appointed
director
2022-04-08
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SMITH, Neil William resigned
director
2022-04-08
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THOMPSON, Robert Charles appointed
director
2022-04-08
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WALSH, Michael Bernard appointed
director
2020-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2005-06-22
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Company incorporated
As CMS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED
2005-06-22
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SMITH, Nicholas John appointed
secretary
2005-06-22
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SMITH, Nicholas John appointed
director
2005-06-22
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-22
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-22
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SMITH, Neil William appointed
director
2005-06-22
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-06-22
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Newable Cms Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Newable Cms Limited

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

ultimate parent

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CMS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED

This company · 05488264

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
Newable Cms Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/04/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Nicholas John Smithceased 08/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Neil William Smithceased 08/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-06-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Innovation House

Hawks Road

Gateshead

NE8 3AD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-06

Last: 2025-06-22