P SMITH & SONS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC421415 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-10

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43330Floor and wall covering
43341Painting

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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, 3 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	200	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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-26
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2025-04-28
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2024-11-22
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address · AD01
2024-01-30
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2023-04-30
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2022-04-29
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2021-04-28
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2020-01-29
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2019-01-27
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2018-01-28
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2017-01-30
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2016-04-20
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-26
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2015-05-06
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2015-01-25
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2012-04-10
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Company incorporated
As P SMITH & SONS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
2012-04-10
➕
SMITH, Alison appointed
secretary
2012-04-10
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SMITH, Philip Thomson appointed
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 "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Thomson Smith Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	10/04/2017

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

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7 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

Incorporated2012-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

75 Belleisle Drive

Cumbernauld

Glasgow

G68 0BW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Alison→

secretary · appointed 2012-04-10

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Active

SMITH, Philip Thomson→

director · ~63y · appointed 2012-04-10

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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-11-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-04-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-01-29