Ds Smith Business Services Limited
DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED·Company no. 08114486·United Kingdom
The Firmwatch take
Ds Smith Business Services Limited (08114486) currently shows: Watch signal detected, based on accounts to 30 April 2024; last refreshed 25 May 2026. Old public accounts — extracted from the latest filed accounts.
Companies House source·Accounts to 30 Apr 2024·Refreshed 25 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
21 June 2012
13 years on the register
Sector
Combined office administrative service activities
SIC 82110
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£29m
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Low insolvency risk
The latest public accounts do not show obvious balance-sheet stress. This does not rule out trading problems, but the filed numbers look comparatively steady.
Positive net assets
The latest extracted accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Property and Support Services
How this company compares in 151,492 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — Ds Smith Business Services Limited shows £29m in net assets. Sector median is £1k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£29m
Top 10% in sector · sector median £1k · 151,492 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
£271k
Median £4k
Current ratio
1.0×
Median 1.2×
Signals · 2
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Old public accounts
The latest extracted accounts period is more than 18 months old.
People
Who runs this company
- SE
SIMPKINS, Erich
director · since 2026
Registered office
Address intelligence
68 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
Address pattern · W2 1DL
68 other UK companies registered here — all still trading.
Active
68
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
0
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