SMITH & SONS (BLETCHINGTON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+4.4% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£37M
+3.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
132
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+7.2% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £29,199,848 | £28,293,447 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £5,097,560 | £5,725,120 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,687,542 | £6,094,664 | |
| Net profit | — | £5,348,653 | £7,730,839 | £4,187,566 | £4,391,312 | |
| Cash | — | £8,474,541 | £7,517,615 | £14,252,567 | £14,884,843 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £32,939,083 | £33,443,915 | £41,472,993 | £43,512,534 | |
| Net assets | — | £29,192,577 | £28,373,416 | £35,444,043 | £36,835,355 | |
| Equity | £26,093,924 | £29,192,577 | £28,373,416 | £35,444,043 | £36,835,355 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 139 | 132 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,380,690 | £5,354,885 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £352,260 | £353,552 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-3.1%
£29,199,848 £28,293,447
-
Cash
+4.4%
£14,252,567 £14,884,843
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+3.9%
£35,444,043 £36,835,355
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-5%
139 132
-
Operating profit
+12.3%
£5,097,560 £5,725,120
-
Profit before tax
+7.2%
£5,687,542 £6,094,664
-
Wages
-0.5%
£5,380,690 £5,354,885
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 17.5% | 20.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 14.3% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 12.3% | 13.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 21.8% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.28x | 5.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 41.41x | 37.44x |
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
- Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SMITH & SONS (BLETCHINGTON) LIMITED · parent
- Linear Fisheries (Oxford) Limited 100%
- Smith's Limestone Limited 100%
- Smith's Haulage (Bletchington) Limited 100%
- Smith's Construction (Bletchington) Limited 100%
- Taylors Transport Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The total amount contracted for but not provided in the financial statements was £371,300 (2024 - £1,676,951).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMMEY, Richard Henry | Secretary | 2020-09-16 | — | — |
| CLEMMEY, Richard Henry | Director | 2020-07-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| GREGAN, Charles Patrick Gabriel | Director | 2019-09-11 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew William | Director | 1995-03-30 | Aug 1960 | United Kingdom |
| SMITH, Simon Charles | Director | 1995-03-30 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Terence | Secretary | — | 2004-03-31 |
| SMITH, Andrew William | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2020-09-16 |
| BAILEY, Nigel Clifton | Director | 1995-03-30 | 2008-01-06 |
| FISHER, Terence | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| GRAY, Ian Peter William | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2012-01-20 |
| SMITH, David John | Director | — | 2021-06-24 |
| SMITH, Godfrey Charles | Director | — | 1996-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David John Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2022-11-23 |
| Mr Nicholas Edward Henry Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Simon Charles Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mrs Caroline Mary Bates | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Andrew William Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-09-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.