HAROLD L. SMITH (TRANSMISSIONS) LIMITED
Company number 01143517 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Harold L. Smith (Transmissions) Limited presents strong standalone financials with low leverage (24% liabilities-to-assets), 14.5% revenue growth, and a 50-year track record in a specialist niche. However, the dominant control exercised by ATCDT Corp — a foreign corporate entity with 75%+ ownership, voting rights, and director appointment powers — introduces material related-party risk that must be understood before committing credit facilities. Conditional approval is recommended pending clarification of intercompany exposures and group cash flow dynamics.
Shareholders' funds
£4,916,322
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be the supply, repair and reconditioning of axles and gearboxes for commercial vehicles.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-11-05
- Employees
- 69 (2023 accounts)
- Registered office
- Enterprise Business Park Cross Road, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, England, WV7 3BJ
- Postcode
- WV7 3BJ
- Capital
- 9,100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-06
- Next due by
- 2027-01-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45320 Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Officers 6 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Atcdt Corp (05144166) — since 2021-08-16
Controlled by HAROLD L SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2018-10-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£4,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CROSS ROAD, ALBRIGHTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, STAFFORDSHIRE WV7 3BJ | 1997-10-12 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 48 similar companies in WV
The largest employer among its local peers (69 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1973.
No.1 of the largest retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories companies in Wolverhampton →
Competitors Wolverhampton
This company ranks 1 among retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories in Wolverhampton.
The class of 1973
52%
of the 7,317 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-08-25
- Where
- Shropshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL272643 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2021-08-25 | — |
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