SMRKK GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC785783 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£144
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £144

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£144
Current Assets
£630
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£144
Current assets£630
Net assets£144

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-01-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-12-31
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-10-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2024-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-10-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SMRKK GROUP LTD
  10. 2023-10-12
    KENNEDY, Ricky appointed
    secretary
  11. 2023-10-12
    KENNEDY, Ricky appointed
    director
  12. 2023-10-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Ricky Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KENNEDY, Ricky
secretary · appointed 2023-10-12
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Active
KENNEDY, Ricky
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-10-12
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-12