South Midlands Communications Limited
Registered name: SOUTH MIDLANDS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
South Midlands Communications Limited made £5.5m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
South Midlands Communications Limited’s revenue fell 34% to £5.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 57 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.8m | £8.3m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.6m | £5.1m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £3.2m | £817k |
| Operating profit | — | £224k | £751k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £217k | £751k | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £321k | £378k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £321k | £378k | −£1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 42 | 52 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.5% | 4.6% | −23.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 38.7% | 38.2% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £139k | £159k | £96.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.6k | £7.3k | −£22.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲41.6% | ▼33.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17.8% | ▼439.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲23.8% | ▲9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £836k | £486k | £485k | £162k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.8m | £9m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.3m | £4.4m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £944k | £843k | £648k | £616k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £250k | £115k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 113.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £162k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼54%
- Now £115k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £6.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Communication Technical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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