{"name":"HOLDSMYTH LIMITED","company_number":"05371149","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2005-02-21","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"257a Pavilion Road, London, England, SW1X 0BP","postcode":"SW1X 0BP","sic_codes":[{"code":66190,"description":"Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company. The principal activity of the group continued to be that of a multi-channel luxury leather goods and stationery supplier.","previous_names":[{"name":"CONTINENTAL SHELF 335 LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-06-26"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Group","year_end":"30 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-30","next_due":"2026-12-30"},"employees":{"count":0,"accounts_date":"2025-03-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-30","profit_loss":-1465,"net_assets":-762,"average_employees":0},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","profit_loss":-6687,"net_assets":-761,"average_employees":0},{"financial_date":"2023-04-02","net_assets":-761},{"financial_date":"2022-03-27","net_assets":18814},{"financial_date":"2021-03-28","turnover":22081,"net_assets":20302}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":15,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":5,"outstanding":4},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Holdsmyth Limited, as parent of the Smythson Group, operates a heritage luxury brand that is currently in a transitional phase following its acquisition by Oakley Capital. The business demonstrates a contradictory performance profile: exceptional +31% retail LFL growth and healthy 71% gross margins sit alongside an overall 15% revenue decline, persistent EBITDA losses of £4.3m, and concerning digital channel underperformance. The brand's vertical integration and heritage positioning are genuine competitive assets, but sub-scale operations and dependency on parent company funding for going concern assurance indicate this is a business requiring significant investment and strategic execution before it achieves sustainable profitability within the competitive UK luxury landscape.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/holdsmyth","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05371149","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/holdsmyth/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/holdsmyth"}