Esmart Networks Limited
Registered name: ESMART NETWORKS LIMITED
Part of FWCP Spark (UK) Midco Limited groupEsmart Networks Limited made £15.4m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Esmart Networks Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £1.1m and 72 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Braintree; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | −£4.7m | −£424k |
| Profit before tax | −£5.5m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.5m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.5m | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −41.2% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £215k |
| Profit per employee | −£74.7k | −£14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | −£16.6m | −£17.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £11m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £717k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £215k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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 −£17.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.6m
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
- FWCP Spark (UK) Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Advanced Utility Networks Limited75–100%
- Esmart Networks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Triconnex LtdRev. £51.3m · Profit −£1.4m
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 2026 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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