HOLDSMYTH LIMITED
Company number 05371149 · Monitor this company
Executive 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.
Shareholders' funds
-£60,513
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-30
What it does
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.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-02-21
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 257a Pavilion Road, London, England, SW1X 0BP
- Postcode
- SW1X 0BP
- Capital
- 14 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-30
- Next due by
- 2026-12-30
- Financial year end
- 30 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-21
- Next due by
- 2027-03-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 66190 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by SMYTHSON BIDCO LIMITED — since 2025-07-29
Controlled by Greenwill Sa (B66874) — since 2016-09-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2024-03-31) — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA589154 (Tier 1), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CONTINENTAL SHELF 335 LIMITED | 2006-06-26 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 24-25 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W1S 2RR, ENGLAND | 2021-03-17 |
| 40 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W1S 2DE | 2017-07-19 |
| 105 LADBROKE GROVE, LONDON, W11 1PG | 2006-07-03 |
| 7 SPA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 3QQ | 2005-05-04 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 228 similar companies in SW, trading since 2005
Competitors London
This company ranks 140 among activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2005
41%
of the 268 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.