Smo Services Limited
Registered name: SMO SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Mac Research Ltd groupSmo Services Limited made £17.8m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Smo Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £17.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £0 profit and 385 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Lytham ST. Annes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lytham ST. Annes, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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: “SMO Services Limited is wholly owned by MAC Research Limited a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 19 Park Road, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1PW. The principle place of busine”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.7m | £17.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | — | — | £16.7m | £17.8m |
| Employees (average) | 281 | 351 | 365 | 385 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £45.8k | £46.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲6.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.9% | ▲4% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £344k | £435k | £455k | £485k |
| Debtors | £344k | £435k | £455k | £485k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- 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
- 2.7%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 385
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mac Research Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Smo Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Mac Clinical Research Finance LtdRev. £27m · Profit £497k
- Early Phase Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smo Outsourcing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Manufacturing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Radiology Group 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 Jun 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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