Smithbrewer Trading Limited
Registered name: SMITHBREWER TRADING LIMITED
Smithbrewer Trading Limited made £42.1m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 May 2024.
Smithbrewer Trading Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £42.1m in the year to 31 May 2024, with £0 profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Lower Weare; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lower Weare, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.4m | £42.1m |
| Cost of sales | £34.6m | £35.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | −£120k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£120k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £19.7m | £21.1m |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £0 |
| Cash conversion | — | 0% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 0%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £4.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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