Smithy Mushrooms Limited
Registered name: SMITHY MUSHROOMS LIMITED
Smithy Mushrooms Limited made £8m revenue and a £861k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Smithy Mushrooms Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £861k and 71 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Ormskirk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ormskirk, North West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £7.7m | £7.9m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £6.7m | £7.6m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £613k | £934k | £225k | −£281k |
| Operating profit | £23.2k | £6.4k | −£478k | −£777k |
| Profit before tax | £5.9k | −£54k | −£507k | −£809k |
| Profit after tax | £15.9k | £217k | −£346k | −£861k |
| Profit (best available) | £15.9k | £217k | −£346k | −£861k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 60 | 67 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 2.8% | −4.4% | −10.8% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 12.2% | 2.9% | −3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £128k | £117k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £294 | £3.6k | −£5.2k | −£12.1k |
| Cash conversion | −7031% | −699.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲2.5% | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1271% | ▼258.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲11.7% | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £115k | £141k | £34.8k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £13.5m | £13.1m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.5m | £13.4m | £13.3m | £12.5m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £838k | £611k | £649k | £563k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£45.1k | £156k | −£37.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 156.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £15.9k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £12.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£861k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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