The Smart Zone Limited
Registered name: THE SMART ZONE LIMITED
The Smart Zone Limited made £47.9k revenue and £3.3k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
The Smart Zone Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £47.9k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.3k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.1k | £47.7k | £34.5k | £47.9k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £46.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6k | −£5.7k | −£4.5k | £3.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6k | −£5.7k | −£4.5k | £3.3k |
| Staff costs | £47.2k | £49.4k | £35.6k | £46.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.4% | −12% | −13% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 97.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.3k | £3.8k | £9.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£521 | −£498 | £652 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼27.6% | ▲38.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼18.2% | ▼44.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£7.9k | −£13.6k | −£18.1k | — |
| Fixed assets | £514 | £257 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £9.6k | £8.8k | £5.8k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £652
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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