Smartcomms SC Limited
Registered name: SMARTCOMMS SC LIMITED
Part of Cinven Group Limited groupSmartcomms SC Limited made £33.3m revenue and £33.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Smartcomms SC Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £33.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £33.8m profit and 172 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.7m | £29.7m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.8m | −£9.2m | −£10.9m |
| Gross profit | £18.9m | £20.5m | £22.4m |
| Operating profit | £26.5m | £29.1m | £27.9m |
| Profit before tax | £21.4m | £32.1m | £38m |
| Profit after tax | £18.7m | £26.1m | £33.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £18.7m | £26.1m | £33.8m |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 166 | 172 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 67.5% | 88% | 101.5% |
| Gross margin | 68.2% | 69% | 67.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £179k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | £117k | £157k | £196k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.8% | ▲29.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 101.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £196k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 172
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cinven Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cinven Limited75–100%
- Spark UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Spark UK Holdco Limited75–100%
- Platinum Acquisition Limited75–100%
- Platinum Newco III Limited75–100%
- Platinum Newco II Limited75–100%
- Platinum Newco I Limited75–100%
- Smartcomms SC Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £33.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026