A.CLARKE & CO.(SMETHWICK)LIMITED
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Cash
£356k
+200.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£5.7m
+8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
544
-0.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-19.4% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,764,220 | £62,951,495 | £64,440,838 | +2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,550,253 | £2,340,989 | £1,982,756 | -15.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £715,819 | £1,433,205 | £1,155,689 | -19.4% | |
| Net profit | £518,551 | £1,004,169 | £844,414 | -15.9% | |
| Cash | £687,921 | £118,509 | £355,916 | +200.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,776,477 | £11,938,051 | £11,203,810 | -6.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,717,946 | £5,272,773 | £5,696,164 | +8% | |
| Equity | £4,717,946 | £5,272,773 | £5,696,164 | +8% | |
| Average employees | 550 | 548 | 544 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | £24,885,864 | £25,257,579 | £26,207,349 | +3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £890,843 | £774,547 | £857,500 | +10.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £116,157 | £133,203 | £187,914 | +41.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £277,312 | £223,098 | £257,764 | +15.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.7% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 19.6% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | 81.2% | 78.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.97x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 1.86x | 2.58x | 2.40x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company's forecast and projections show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current financial means, for at least twelve months from the signing of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company disposed of two freehold properties. The company's freehold property located in Ossett was sold for consideration of £1,500,000, with completion taking place on 8 June 2026. In addition, the company's freehold property located in Glasgow was sold for consideration of £168,000, with completion taking place on 27 June 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Brian William | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CLARKE, Brian William | Director | — | Apr 1936 | British |
| CLARKE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2021-04-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CLARKE, Robert | Director | — | Jan 1963 | British |
| CLARKE, Sandra Dawn | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| CLARKE (JNR), Brian William | Director | — | Jul 1960 | British |
| JONES, Alun Bayden | Director | 2023-03-28 | Apr 1970 | British |
| OLIVER, Angela Michelle | Director | 2024-05-31 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WESTWOOD, Jason Howard | Director | 2019-02-19 | Apr 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Mark Lee | Director | 2019-05-07 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Judith Anne | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-10-04 |
| CLARKE, Brenda Mary | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2018-05-06 |
| CLARKE, Brenda Mary | Director | — | 1992-07-20 |
| LOWCOCK, Philip | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2019-08-31 |
| SWARBRECK, Alan | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2021-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Clarke & Co. (Smethwick) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-29 | Active |
| Mr Brian William Clarke (Jnr.) | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-02 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
| Mr Robert Clarke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-02 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
| Mr Brian William Clarke (Snr.) | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.