SMP Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: SMP GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
SMP Group Holdings Limited made £38.1m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
SMP Group Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £38.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1m. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £32m | £35.5m | £38.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£26.3m | −£30.2m | −£32.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | −£1.3m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£778k | £824k | −£997k |
| Profit after tax | −£457k | £1.1m | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£457k | £1.1m | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.4% | 3% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 15.1% | 15.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼194.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.4%
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
Subsidiaries (3)
- St.michael's Press LimitedRev. £455k · Profit £339k
- Breed Communications LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SMP Group PLCFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- SMP Hi-Lite Limited 25–50%
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 −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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