S M D Textiles Limited
Registered name: S M D TEXTILES LIMITED
Part of SMD (Holdings) Limited groupS M D Textiles Limited made £16.1m revenue and £499k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
S M D Textiles Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £16.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £499k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in Industrial Estate, Fulwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Industrial Estate, Fulwood, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £18.2m | £16.5m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £11.4m | £10.6m | £9.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.9m | £5.9m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £567k | £833k | £439k | £680k |
| Profit before tax | £630k | £840k | £451k | £690k |
| Profit after tax | £493k | £647k | £328k | £499k |
| Profit (best available) | £493k | £647k | £328k | £499k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 66 | 68 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 3.5% | 2% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 37.6% | 35.6% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £287k | £276k | £243k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £9.8k | £4.8k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▼9.4% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.3% | ▼49.4% | ▲52.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲3% | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £25.6k | £7.9k | £46.9k | £2.7k |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £9.6m | £9.8m | £10.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £3m | £3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £11.3m | £11.5m | £11.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £265k | £505k | £152k | £287k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £10.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £2.7k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲88%
- Now £287k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SMD (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- S M D Textiles Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Asia Home Furnishings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iliv LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SMD (Contracts) 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 Sep 2025 (profit £499k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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