SMART-BETA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC522207 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-17
    ➖
    DAVIES, Susan May resigned
    director
  10. 2021-03-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-12
    ➕
    DAVIES, William Arthur appointed
    director
  15. 2018-02-12
    ➕
    DINGLEY, Georgina Anne appointed
    director
  16. 2018-02-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SMART-BETA INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  21. 2015-12-10
    ➕
    DAVIES, Robert Elwyn Sandell appointed
    director
  22. 2015-12-10
    ➕
    DAVIES, Susan May appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Elwyn Sandell Davies
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

The Coach House
Auchengillan
Blanefield
Stirlingshire
G63 9AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Robert Elwyn Sandell→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-12-10
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Active
DAVIES, William Arthur→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-02-12
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Active
DINGLEY, Georgina Anne→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Susan May→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-12-10 · resigned 2021-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15