Smith Brothers (Leicester) Limited
Registered name: SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED
Smith Brothers (Leicester) Limited made £237m revenue and £16.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Smith Brothers (Leicester) Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £237m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £16.8m profit and 668 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Leicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 119 yrs · since 1907
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £204m | £214m | £237m |
| Cost of sales | −£140m | −£152m | −£169m |
| Gross profit | £63.4m | £61.8m | £68.1m |
| Operating profit | £15.8m | £16m | £18.1m |
| Profit before tax | £18m | £19.9m | £22.6m |
| Profit after tax | £14m | £14.9m | £16.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £14m | £14.9m | £16.8m |
| Employees (average) | 630 | 659 | 668 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 7% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 28.9% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £323k | £324k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £22.2k | £22.6k | £25.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲12.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 668
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Air Plants Dust Extraction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Air Plants Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Air Plants Heating LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Air Plants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Burndean Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith Brothers Commercial Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith Brothers Stores LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Talbott's Biomass Energy Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £16.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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