SMITH GLOBAL LTD
Company number 04438845 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Smith Global Ltd (Mr & Mrs Smith) occupies a defensible niche as a curated luxury hotel booking platform whose strategic value has been substantially enhanced by integration into the Hyatt ecosystem, generating £18m in new channel revenue within eight months of launch. The company's primary strategic challenge is balancing the scale and distribution advantages of Hyatt ownership against the preservation of the independent curation brand that underpins its premium positioning—success in 2025 will depend on demonstrating that integration costs are transitional rather than structural, and that the World of Hyatt channel can scale to £40m+ GRT without diluting brand integrity.
Shareholders' funds
£2,769,299
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The Company’s principal activity during the year continued to be publishing of hotel information and acting as a booking agent hotels.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-05-15
- Employees
- 117 (2025 accounts · was 102 in 2024)
- Registered office
- C/O Tmf Group 13th Floor, One Angel Court, London, United Kingdom, EC2R 7HJ
- Postcode
- EC2R 7HJ
- Capital
- 252 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-09-23
- Next due by
- 2027-10-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58190 Other publishing activities
- 79110 Travel agency activities
Officers 2 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by Hyatt Hotels Corporation (03838478) — since 2023-07-21
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SIDESTORY LIMITED Dissolved
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SMITH BONDS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z243299X (Tier 2), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SPY PUBLISHING LIMITED | 2013-08-01 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| EAST HOUSE 109 SOUTH WORPLE WAY, LONDON, SW14 8TN | 2018-03-28 |
| 16 TALEWORTH PARK, ASHTEAD, SURREY, KT21 2NH | 2009-03-04 |
| 16 TALEWORTH PARK, ASHTEAD, SURREY, KT21 2NH | 2008-05-15 |
| 103 DITTON ROAD, SURBITON, SURREY KT6 6RJ | 2004-08-23 |
| 103 DITTON ROAD, SURBITON, SURREY KT6 6RJ | 2002-06-12 |
| THE STUDIO, ST NICHOLAS CLOSE, ELSTREE, HERTS, WD6 3EW | 2002-06-11 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 519 similar companies in EC
The largest employer among its local peers (117 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
No.9 of the largest other publishing activities companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 9 among other publishing activities in London.
The class of 2002
38%
of the 349 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.