SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-18 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

-14.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£137M

+12.1% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

659

+4.6% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£20M

+10.5% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£203,503,214	£213,550,919
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£15,768,401	£16,012,030
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£18,043,382	£19,930,867
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£13,984,627	£14,871,893
Cash	—	—	£13,620,180	£9,467,264	£16,839,786	£14,451,985
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£84,556,771	£98,357,856	£125,080,565	£140,661,026
Net assets	—	—	£83,396,655	£95,860,878	£122,567,069	£137,438,892
Equity	£66,887,722	£76,102,665	£83,396,655	£95,860,878	£122,567,069	£137,438,892
Average employees	—	—	461	503	630	659
Wages	—	—	—	—	£32,344,074	£31,197,673
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	£789,065	£231,422

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+4.9%

£203,503,214 £213,550,919
Cash

-14.2%

£16,839,786 £14,451,985
Net assets

+12.1%

£122,567,069 £137,438,892

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+4.6%

630 659

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+1.5%

£15,768,401 £16,012,030
Profit before tax

+10.5%

£18,043,382 £19,930,867
Wages

-3.5%

£32,344,074 £31,197,673

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	7.7%	7.5%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	6.9%	7.0%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	12.6%	11.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	2.64x	2.93x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	452.57x	261.71x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements which indicate that the group will be profitable and will be able to pay its liabilities as and when they fall due.”

Group structure

SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED · parent
1. Smith Brothers Stores Limited 100% · England
2. Air Plants Dust Extraction Limited 100% · England
3. Talbott's Biomass Energy Systems Ltd 100% · England
4. Burndean Leasing Limited 100% · England
5. Air Plants Limited 100% · England
6. Air Plants Heating Limited 100% · England

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BEASLEY, Adam Richard	Director	2022-04-15	Jun 1981	British
BEASLEY, Margaret Jane	Director	2008-10-01	Apr 1953	English
BROOKS, Julie Diane	Director	2008-10-01	Nov 1963	British
HEATLIE, Martin Forbes	Director	2017-10-01	May 1971	British
SMITH, Anthony David	Director	2008-10-01	May 1960	British
SMITH, Christopher John	Director	2008-10-01	Sep 1958	British
SMITH, Steven Richard	Director	2008-10-01	Apr 1969	British
TREM, Amelia Charlotte	Director	2022-04-15	Jul 1993	British
WHITE, Sally Rosamund, Mrs.	Director	2008-10-01	Jun 1957	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FLETCHER, Peter Cecil	Secretary	—	2017-06-09
ASHER, David Victor	Director	—	1991-10-05
FLETCHER, Peter Cecil	Director	—	2017-06-09
SMITH, John Gregory	Director	—	2017-10-01
SMITH, Sydney	Director	—	1994-11-02
WILKINSON, James Thomas	Director	1991-10-01	2022-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Martin Forbes Heatlie	Individual	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2019-10-30	Active
Mrs Sally Rosamund White	Individual	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2019-10-30	Active
Mr John Gregory Smith	Individual	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-10-30
Mr Stephen Woolfe	Individual	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-10-30
Mrs Margaret Jane Beasley	Individual	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Active
Mr James Thomas Wilkinson	Individual	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 139 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-12-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2022-05-09	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-05-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-04-28	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-12-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2020-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-19	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-09-03	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2020-07-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2019-11-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-11-25	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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