Smith Anderson Group Limited
Registered name: SMITH ANDERSON GROUP LIMITED
Smith Anderson Group Limited made £40.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Smith Anderson Group Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £40.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.4m profit and 245 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in Kirkcaldy; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.6m | £42.2m | £40.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£39.2m | −£35.4m | −£34m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.8m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £951k | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £951k | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 250 | 245 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 4.6% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 16.1% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £169k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.7k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▼5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲103.5% | ▼28.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 245
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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