SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£463M
USD 619,000,000
+105% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4B
USD 5,265,000,000
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
18,050
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£372M
USD 498,000,000
+71.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,898,482,470 | £4,148,164,760 | £4,343,275,772 | |
| Operating profit | £336,398,296 | £317,709,501 | £491,141,512 | |
| Profit before tax | £175,674,665 | £216,790,013 | £372,280,780 | |
| Net profit | £166,704,044 | £196,606,115 | £307,991,328 | |
| Cash | £225,760,634 | £225,760,634 | £462,734,544 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,777,827,615 | £5,777,827,615 | £6,709,277,117 | |
| Net assets | £4,162,368,244 | £4,162,368,244 | £3,935,860,058 | |
| Equity | £4,162,368,244 | £4,162,368,244 | £3,935,860,058 | |
| Average employees | 19,094 | 19,081 | 18,050 | |
| Wages | £1,169,918,517 | £1,258,129,625 | £1,243,178,590 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £3,014,129 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£4,148,164,760 £4,343,275,772
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+105%
£225,760,634 £462,734,544
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£4,162,368,244 £3,935,860,058
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-5.4%
19,081 18,050
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+54.6%
£317,709,501 £491,141,512
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+71.7%
£216,790,013 £372,280,780
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-1.2%
£1,258,129,625 £1,243,178,590
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 | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 7.7% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 4.7% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 5.5% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.7% | 43.7% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.86x | 3.13x | |
| Interest cover | 4.17x | 3.06x | 3.82x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC 1988-06-16 → present
- SMITH & NEPHEW ASSOCIATED COMPANIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1937-02-17 → 1988-06-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate”
Group structure
- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC · parent
- Smith & Nephew plc
- Smith & Nephew Inc
- Smith & Nephew AG
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRACLOUGH, Helen | Secretary | 2022-04-14 | — | — |
| ESPERDY, Therese Marie | Director | 2025-12-01 | Oct 1960 | American |
| HALLAS, Joanna Christine | Director | 2022-02-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| KING, David | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jun 1956 | American |
| KONG, Garheng | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1975 | American |
| LOWTH, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| MA, John Changzheng, Dr | Director | 2021-02-17 | Aug 1962 | American |
| MAIDEN, Jeremy Kim | Director | 2023-09-14 | Apr 1961 | British |
| MAZUR-HOFSAESS, Katarzyna, Dr | Director | 2020-11-01 | Sep 1963 | Polish,German |
| NATH, Deepak | Director | 2022-04-01 | Apr 1972 | American |
| OWEN, Marc Ellis | Director | 2017-10-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| ROGERS, John | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| SOAMES, Rupert Christopher | Director | 2023-04-26 | May 1959 | British |
| STANLEY, Sybella Jane | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2002-04-08 | 2009-05-15 |
| PARSON, Michael George | Secretary | — | 2002-04-08 |
| SWABEY, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2009-05-15 | 2022-04-13 |
| BAKER, Graham Timothy | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2020-04-09 |
| BALI, Vinita | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| BARLOW, Ian Edward | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2019-04-11 |
| BERGER, Genevieve Bernadette, Prof | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2012-11-01 |
| BLAIR, Jack Roger | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BOHUON, Olivier Jean | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-05-07 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell, Baroness | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2021-04-14 |
| BROWN, Julie Belita | Director | 2013-02-04 | 2017-01-11 |
| BUCHANAN, John Gordon St Clair, Sir | Director | 2005-02-03 | 2014-04-10 |
| CLEAVER, Anthony Brian, Sir | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| DE SCHUTTER, Richard Urbain | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2014-04-10 |
| DIGGELMANN, Roland Daniel | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| ENGSTROM, Erik | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| EUSTACE, Dudley Graham | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2006-04-27 |
| FREESTONE, Robin Anthony David | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| FRIEDMAN, Michael Allen | Director | 2013-04-11 | 2019-04-11 |
| FRYER, Alan Richmond | Director | — | 2000-10-26 |
| HENNAH, Adrian | Director | 2006-06-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| HOOLEY, Peter | Director | — | 2006-06-30 |
| ILLINGWORTH, David | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2011-04-14 |
| KENNEDY, Francis, Sir | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| KIELY, Michael Joseph | Director | — | 1992-09-29 |
| KINDER, Eric | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| KIRBY, Pamela Josephine, Dr | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| KNOWLTON, Warren D | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2010-05-06 |
| LANE, Nancy Jane, Dr | Director | — | 2000-10-26 |
| LANKESTER, Timothy Patrick, Sir | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2003-04-29 |
| LARCOMBE, Brian Paul | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2017-04-06 |
| MACPHERSON, Michael Alastair Fox | Director | — | 1997-04-23 |
| MEDLOCK, Charles Richard Kenneth | Director | 2020-04-09 | 2024-04-30 |
| NAWANA, Namal Sasrika | Director | 2018-05-07 | 2019-10-31 |
| NESMES, Anne-Francoise | Director | 2020-07-27 | 2024-03-31 |
| O'DONNELL, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 1992-09-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| PAPA, Joseph | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2018-04-12 |
| PEARSE, Brian Gerald, Sir | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| PIRAMAL, Ajay Gopikisan | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-03-24 |
| QUARTA, Roberto | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2023-09-15 |
| RISLEY, Angela Susan | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2026-05-06 |
| ROBINSON, John Harris | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| STOMBERG, Rolf Wilhelm Heinrich, Dr | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2012-04-12 |
| WHITE, Robert John | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 5862 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-02-19 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.