B SMITH PACKAGING GROUP (WORCESTER) LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12230203 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-26
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 6.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 6.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-23📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-11-23📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-09-16📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-09-16📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-08-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-08📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-02-08📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-02-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-01-22➖BROWN, Christina Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2019-10-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Andrew Robert Smith
- 2019-09-26🏢Company incorporatedAs B SMITH PACKAGING GROUP (WORCESTER) LTD
- 2019-09-26➕CAREME, Alison appointeddirector
- 2019-09-26➕CLARKE, Richard appointeddirector
- 2019-09-26➕SMITH, Andrew Robert appointeddirector
- 2019-09-26➕BROWN, Christina Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2019-09-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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| B. SMITH PACKAGING (WORCESTER) LIMITED→ 01938928 · est 1985 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Stanier Road
Warndon
Worcester
WR4 9FE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
CAREME, Alison→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2019-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKE, Richard→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-09-26
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SMITH, Andrew Robert→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Christina Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-09-26 · resigned 2021-01-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Andrew Robert Smith | A registered charge | — | 01/10/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-29
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-11-23
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-11-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-09-16
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-09-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-10