HOLDSMYTH LIMITED

• ◆

  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. HOLDSMYTH LIMITED 2006-06-26 → present
2. CONTINENTAL SHELF 335 LIMITED 2005-02-21 → 2006-06-26

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“On the basis of the forecasts modelled and commitment from the Group's ultimate parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence throughout the going concern period and have therefore applied the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Group structure

1. HOLDSMYTH LIMITED · parent
   1. BJ Chant & Sons Limited 88.6% · UK
   2. Frank Smythson Hong Kong Limited 0% · Hong Kong
   3. Frank Smythson Limited 100% · UK
   4. Frank Smythson of Bond Street Inc. 0% · USA
   5. Frank Smythson SARL 0% · France

Significant events

• “The Group started trading with its Japanese distributor in January 2025, taking over the e-commerce platform on 9 January, followed by a small area of trading in Isetan Men and a flagship space in Ginza 6 by mid-February.”
• “The closure of our New Bond Street flagship store in late FY24 has resulted in a significantly improved income statement.”
• “During 2025 the group was acquired by Oakley Capital, a new ultimate parent company who support management's strategy in growing the business through funds already committed.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -0.1%

  -£761,000 → -£762,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers