Smith & Western Restaurants Ltd
Registered name: SMITH & WESTERN RESTAURANTS LTD
Smith & Western Restaurants Ltd made £15.3m revenue and £472k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Smith & Western Restaurants Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £15.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £472k profit and 535 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Tunbridge Wells; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £13m | £14.6m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £9.4m | £10m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £3.6m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | −£334k | £923k | £684k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | −£334k | £928k | £688k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | −£332k | £644k | £472k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | −£332k | £644k | £472k |
| Employees (average) | 453 | 465 | 513 | 535 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | −2.5% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 27.6% | 31.4% | 31.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.2k | £28k | £28.5k | £28.7k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£714 | £1.3k | £883 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲12.6% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼124.7% | — | ▼26.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲10.3% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £525k | £624k | £600k |
| Net assets | £6.9k | £229k | £136k | £71.2k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £956k | £2m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £883
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▼48%
- Now £71.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £600k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 535
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Smith & Western (Addlestone) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Boxhill) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Camberley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Chichester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Horsham) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Tilgate) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western (Tunbridge Wells) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smith & Western Lingfield LtdFigures 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 Jun 2025 (profit £472k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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