SMAILES GOLDIE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08434147 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-07

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 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£776.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 13.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (12 active, 16 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £775,981

Cash YoY

+283%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£138k

↑ 283% YoY

Net Worth

£776k

↑ 4.1% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↓ 5.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£776.0k	£745.3k
Current assets	£1.34M	£1.42M
Cash	£137.9k	£36.1k
Debtors	£1.20M	£1.38M
Net assets	£776.0k	£745.3k

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

filing

• 1 capital

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 2 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 2 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-06-02
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capital · SH03
2026-04-28
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-03-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
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officers · TM01
2026-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
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OVERFIELD, Martin resigned
director
2026-02-25
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officers · AP01
2026-02-17
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ROBINSON, Andrew James appointed
director
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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officers · AP01
2023-06-22
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capital · SH01
2023-04-01
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CHILCOTT, Jamie appointed
director
2023-02-01
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FOX, Matthew Liam appointed
director
2023-02-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-01
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-22
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officers · AP01
2022-08-22
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officers · AP01
2022-07-07
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COWELL, William appointed
director
2022-07-07
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SHANNON, Victoria appointed
director
2022-07-07
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THIIM, Benjamin John appointed
director
2022-07-06
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SHARPLEY, James Mark resigned
director
2020-03-10
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ALLISON, Jeremy Neil resigned
director
2019-08-29
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DUFFIELD, Peter David resigned
director
2017-10-01
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STOCKS, Michael James appointed
director
2017-10-01
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TAYLOR, Luke Damien appointed
director
2016-10-01
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DEARING, Peter Alan appointed
director
2013-04-29
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BRAMALL, Stephen Thomas appointed
director
2013-04-29
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SHIPLEY, Nicola appointed
director
2013-04-29
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ALLISON, Jeremy Neil appointed
director
2013-04-29
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DUFFIELD, Peter David appointed
director
2013-04-29
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OVERFIELD, Martin appointed
director
2013-04-29
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SHARPLEY, James Mark appointed
director
2013-04-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-03-07
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Company incorporated
As SMAILES GOLDIE LIMITED
2013-03-07
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LAMB, Ian Robert appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Regent's Court

Princess Street

Hull

East Yorkshire

HU2 8BA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11