David Smith,st.ives,limited
Registered name: DAVID SMITH,ST.IVES,LIMITED
Part of Wyckham Blackwell Holdings Limited groupDavid Smith,st.ives,limited made £16.2m revenue and £19.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
David Smith,st.ives,limited’s revenue fell 4% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £19.8k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Solihull; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Solihull, West Midlands
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £16.9m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.4m | −£10.9m | −£10.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £366k | £403k | £148k |
| Profit before tax | £362k | £355k | £96.4k |
| Profit after tax | £240k | −£116k | £19.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £240k | −£116k | £19.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −0.7% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 35.3% | 34% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼148.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wyckham Blackwell Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- David Smith,st.ives,limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Glulam Timber Engineering LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £19.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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