Smart (Group) Limited
Registered name: SMART (GROUP) LIMITED
Part of Smart Topco Limited groupSmart (Group) Limited made £10.1m revenue and a £2.6m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Smart (Group) Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £10.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £2.6m and 221 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.5m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.6m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £967k | £999k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£2.8m | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£2.9m | −£3m |
| Profit after tax | £785k | −£1.7m | −£2.8m | −£2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £785k | −£1.7m | −£2.8m | −£2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 187 | 214 | 221 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −37% | −25.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 12.8% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £35.2k | £45.9k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | −£9.1k | −£13k | −£11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲34.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼317% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲211.7% | ▲14.4% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £247k | £367k | £258k | £411k |
| Net assets | −£2.4m | −£4.1m | −£6.8m | −£9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £748k | £752k | £889k | £892k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £6.7m | £6m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £220k | £2m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £269k | £161k | £64.7k | £72.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −25.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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 −£9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £411k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 221
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £72.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £892k
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
- Smart Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Smart (Group) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (18)
- The Moving Venue Caterers LimitedRev. £18.8m · Profit £289k
- Last Supper 2020 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quantum Leap Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Catering Division LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Christmas Parties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Event Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Experiences LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Finsbury LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smart Hospitality Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Hospitality Manchester LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Live LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Nautical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Sports Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smart Venues LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Story Events LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Last Supper UK 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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