Simms International PLC
Registered name: SIMMS INTERNATIONAL PLC
Part of Rorke Holdings Limited groupSimms International PLC made £52.8m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Simms International PLC’s revenue grew 81% to £52.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Faversham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Faversham, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Public 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.9m | £29.1m | £52.8m |
| Cost of sales | £17.9m | £24.8m | £44.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.3m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | £744k | £641k | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £703k | £534k | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £512k | £375k | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £512k | £375k | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 32 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.3% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 14.8% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £685k | £910k | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £11.7k | £72.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.9% | ▲81.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.8% | ▲552.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £86.6k | £108k | £276k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.5m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £552k | £613k | £441k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.3m | £20.7m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.4m | £13.4m |
| Deferred income | £342k | £267k | £901k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲156%
- Now £276k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲238%
- Now £901k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £441k
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
- Rorke Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Simms International PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jactron Ltd.Figures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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