ANDREA POPE-SMITH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09369777 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2015-04-16➕SMITH, Timothy Alan appointeddirector
- 2014-12-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREA POPE-SMITH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2014-12-30➕POPE-SMITH, Andrea appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POPE-SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Timothy Alan Smith Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Andrea Pope-Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Emstrey House North
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
SY2 6LG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
POPE-SMITH, Andrea→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2014-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Timothy Alan→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-10