MICHAEL NICHOL-SMITH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07285722 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-16
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
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,678,404
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,721 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£43k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£340k£680k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.68M£1.70M
Current assets£1.66M£1.68M
Cash£43.1k£59.2k
Debtors£602.4k£602.4k
Net assets£1.68M£1.70M

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
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-03-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-03-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-11-30
    ➖
    JACKSON, Linda resigned
    director
  18. 2013-11-30
    ➖
    JACKSON, William Edward resigned
    director
  19. 2013-11-30
    ➖
    NICHOL-SMITH, Kathleen resigned
    director
  20. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    NICHOL-SMITH, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-18
    ➖
    HALLIWELL, Mark resigned
    director
  22. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    JACKSON, Linda appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    JACKSON, William Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    NICHOL-SMITH, Kathleen appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-18
    ➖
    HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2010-06-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MICHAEL NICHOL-SMITH LIMITED
  27. 2010-06-16
    ➕
    HALLIWELL, Mark appointed
    director
  28. 2010-06-16
    ➕
    HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 "NICHOL-SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Nichol-Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/06/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2010-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Suite 2 Chancery Court
34 West Street
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6ES
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

NICHOL-SMITH, Michael→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLIWELL, Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-06-16 · resigned 2010-08-18
Resigned
JACKSON, Linda→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-18 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
JACKSON, William Edward→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-18 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
NICHOL-SMITH, Kathleen→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-18 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-06-16 · resigned 2010-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15