SMITH AND BYFORD 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
£10M
+33.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+21.1% vs 2024
Employees
438
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £53,332,443 | £58,528,676 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £5,527,642 | £6,414,570 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £5,637,341 | £6,496,923 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £4,336,223 | £4,938,655 | |
| Cash | — | — | £7,703,807 | £10,314,309 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £18,025,030 | £20,317,354 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £16,571,169 | £20,065,399 | |
| Equity | £10,845,325 | — | £16,571,169 | £20,065,399 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 424 | 438 | |
| Wages | — | — | £18,420,591 | £21,799,256 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £645,595 | £370,183 |
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
+9.7%
£53,332,443 £58,528,676
-
Cash
+33.9%
£7,703,807 £10,314,309
-
Net assets
+21.1%
£16,571,169 £20,065,399
-
Employees
+3.3%
424 438
-
Operating profit
+16%
£5,527,642 £6,414,570
-
Profit before tax
+15.2%
£5,637,341 £6,496,923
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Wages
+18.3%
£18,420,591 £21,799,256
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 10.4% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.1% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 30.7% | 31.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 36.8% | 29.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.35x | 2.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 67.45x | 134.41x |
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
- Nuvo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has considered the financial stability up to March 2026 and consider the Group will have sufficient cash to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the sign off date of these accounts. This has given the directors comfort to prepare its accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SMITH AND BYFORD LIMITED · parent
- Silent Water Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the post year end period, Smith and Byford Limited has purchased a property for the amount of £2,750,000. At year end a deposit of £275,000 had been paid in relation to this and was included within prepayments.”
- “An external revaluation of freehold property was completed on 13 June 2025 which has resulted in the downwards revaluation of two properties held by the subsidiary company. This revaluation has been accounted for at the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLACHLAN, Paula | Secretary | 1994-06-01 | — | British |
| GROVE, Brian | Director | 2007-01-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| HERRIDGE, Melanie Jane | Director | 2017-08-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
| MCLACHLAN, Paula | Director | 1994-06-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| OVINGTON, David | Director | 2018-12-03 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Hazel Rosemary Dawn | Director | — | Jun 1941 | British |
| SMITH, William | Director | 1994-06-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| SMITH, William | Director | — | Aug 1942 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Hazel Rosemary | Secretary | — | 1994-06-01 |
| BURROWS, Carl | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2011-10-31 |
| DOREY, Brian Keith | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2012-05-11 |
| DOREY, Brian Keith | Director | 1994-06-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| DOREY, Maxine | Director | 1994-06-01 | 2017-03-17 |
| WILSON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2021-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Hazel Rosemary Dawn Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-11-08 | Active |
| Mrs Hazel Rosemary Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-08 |
| Mr William Smith | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2026-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-12-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.