Sme Corporation Limited
Registered name: SME CORPORATION LIMITED
Part of Sme Group (Iom) Plc groupSme Corporation Limited made £10.2m revenue and £488k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sme Corporation Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £488k profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Ruislip; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ruislip, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “In the opinion of the director”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £7.5m | £7.1m | £8.9m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4m | £5.3m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £481k | £377k | £609k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £441k | £344k | £609k |
| Profit after tax | £919k | £328k | £294k | £488k |
| Profit (best available) | £919k | £328k | £294k | £488k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 117 | 111 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.3% | 56.5% | 59.3% | 63.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.8k | £61.1k | £80.3k | £93.2k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £2.8k | £2.7k | £4.4k |
| Cash conversion | −14.3% | −346.4% | −206% | −4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲24.7% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.3% | ▼10.4% | ▲65.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲51.9% | ▼5.1% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £408k | £848k | £476k | £386k |
| Net assets | £6m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.4m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.6m | £5m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £375k | £408k | £295k | £386k |
| Cash from operations | −£167k | −£1.7m | −£776k | −£24.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £386k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £386k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.7m
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
- Sme Group (Iom) Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sme Group PLC75–100%
- Sme Group Investment Ltd75–100%
- Sme Investments Limited75–100%
- Sme Corporation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Sme Corporation (2) LimitedRev. £10.9m · Profit £126k
- Sme Fast Foods LimitedRev. £7.4m · Profit £892k
- S M E Enterprise LimitedRev. £5.5m · Profit £376k
- Alim Caterers LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £531k
- Mossdyp LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £50.1k
- Aldwych (Harrow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alim Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (2) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (3) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (3) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Properties 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 Mar 2025 (profit £488k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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