S M Contracts Limited
Registered name: S M CONTRACTS LIMITED
Part of SMC Holdings (UK) Limited groupS M Contracts Limited made £10.1m revenue and £271k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
S M Contracts Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £10.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £271k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.1m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.5m | £7m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £749k | £294k |
| Profit before tax | — | £734k | £288k |
| Profit after tax | — | £586k | £271k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £586k | £271k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 70 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5.8% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.3% | 31% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £144k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | — | £8.4k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −58.1% | −22.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼53.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £880k | £719k | £262k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £333k | £177k | £197k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £826k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | £806k | £917k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£435k | −£64.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −22.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £262k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £917k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £197k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SMC Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- S M Contracts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Digital Plumbers.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Earthstamp 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £271k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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