SMART TECH AUTOBODY LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC379572 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-02

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33170

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · IFRS

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-09
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2024-10-09
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2023-09-07
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2022-09-14
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2021-12-08
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2020-09-15
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2019-08-26
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accounts · AA
2019-05-09
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officers · CH01
2019-05-09
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officers · CH01
2019-05-09
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2018-09-18
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accounts · AA
2017-11-09
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accounts · AA
2017-01-26
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accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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2016-03-30
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accounts · AA
2015-10-16
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officers · TM02
2015-10-01
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URQUHART TAYLOR & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-01-31
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MCMANUS, Richard resigned
director
2010-08-01
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TAYLOR, Deborah resigned
secretary
2010-08-01
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URQUHART TAYLOR & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-06-02
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Company incorporated
As SMART TECH AUTOBODY LTD
2010-06-02
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WOODS, John appointed
director
2010-06-02
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TAYLOR, Deborah appointed
secretary
2010-06-02
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MCMANUS, Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Woods Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-06-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

54a Cow Wynd

Falkirk

FK1 1PU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-16

Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WOODS, John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-02

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Active

TAYLOR, Deborah→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-02 · resigned 2010-08-01

Resigned

URQUHART TAYLOR & CO→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2015-10-01

Resigned

MCMANUS, Richard→

director · ~51y · appointed 2010-06-02 · resigned 2011-01-31

Resigned

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