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Company No. 02385482 · Incorporated 17 May 1989

Sme Trading Limited

Registered name: SME TRADING LIMITED

Part of Sme Group (Iom) Plc group

Sme Trading Limited made £16.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Sme Trading Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 169 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Ruislip; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56102Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
Status
Active
Location
Ruislip, London
Age
37 yrs · since 1989
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. From the filing: “In the opinion of the director”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£16.1m
Growth ▲5%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▲137.7%
Profit margin
8.8%
Gross 66.2%
Employees
169
Change ▼8.2%
Profit / employee
£8.4k
Revenue/employee £95.6k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.5m£13.6m£15.4m£16.1m
Cost of sales£5.2m£5.7m£5.9m£5.5m
Gross profit£9.3m£7.9m£9.5m£10.7m
Operating profit£1.3m£262k£849k—
Profit before tax£1.3m£260k£849k£1.5m
Profit after tax£1.1m£240k£596k£1.4m
Profit (best available)£1.1m£240k£596k£1.4m
Staff costs£2.7m£3m£3.2m£3.3m
Employees (average)165190184169
Ratios
Profit margin7.5%1.8%3.9%8.8%
Gross margin64.3%58%61.6%66.2%
Revenue per employee£88.1k£71.7k£83.6k£95.6k
Profit per employee£6.7k£1.3k£3.2k£8.4k
Cash conversion−21.4%−279.1%538.5%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼6.3%▲12.9%▲5%
Profit growth—▼78.1%▲147.9%▲137.7%
Headcount growth—▲15.2%▼3.2%▼8.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£2.4m£263k£595k
Net assets£6.9m£7.1m£7.7m£9.1m
Fixed assets£4.4m£4.2m£4m£3.9m
Current assets£8.3m£8.5m£10.9m£8m
Debtors£6m£6m£10.5m£7.3m
Deferred income£445k£417k£346k£336k
Cash from operations−£278k−£731k£4.6m−£3.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
66.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£95.6k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
24.3%
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
45.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲18%
Now £9.1m
Cash at bank
▲126%
Now £595k
Headcount
▼8%
Now 169
Deferred income
▼3%
Now £336k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £3.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sme Group (Iom) Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sme Group PLC75–100%
  3. Sme Group Investment Ltd75–100%
  4. Sme Holdings Limited75–100%
  5. Sme Trading Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (10)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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