SMC CORPORATION (U.K.) LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
-38.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£94m
-2.1% vs 2025
Employees
310
-1.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18m
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £77,813,638 | £81,729,595 | £86,267,512 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £6,817,029 | £15,164,684 | £17,012,597 | +12.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,335,416 | £16,278,385 | £17,880,075 | +9.8% | |
| Net profit | £6,085,177 | £12,894,042 | £14,142,459 | +9.7% | |
| Cash | £12,947,317 | £25,660,849 | £15,785,153 | -38.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,198,382 | £97,840,788 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £82,997,552 | £96,135,344 | £94,143,803 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £82,997,552 | £96,135,344 | £94,143,803 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 342 | 316 | 310 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | £14,770,590 | £14,310,540 | £13,341,020 | -6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £645,584 | £478,445 | £445,685 | -6.8% |
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 | 8.8% | 18.6% | 19.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 15.8% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 15.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.6% | 13.6% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.59x | 6.52x | 5.52x |
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
- SMC CORPORATION (U.K.) LIMITED 2023-05-11 → present
- SMC PNEUMATICS (U.K.) LIMITED 1978-02-14 → 2023-05-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ad Valorem Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this review, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements”
Group structure
- SMC CORPORATION (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- SMC Corporation (ZA) Proprietary Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Within the Group, SMC has converted its car fleet to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles even as it weighs the next step to full EV, and it has successfully reduced its electricity demand through installation of solar panels.”
- “The Group has also been able to help our customers to reduce their CO2 emissions, energy and resource saving through the application of the Corporation's energy saving equipment and its "4-bar factory" programme.”
- “Production machinery in the Group's own factory has been converted to energy saving and 4-bar factory capable product.”
- “Additionally, the company's plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) fleet has grown by 22% compared to the previous year, and the final diesel vehicle was removed from the fleet during FY25.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Lewis John | Secretary | 2016-11-08 | — | — |
| PITTWOOD, Nicholas Shawn | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| TAKADA, Yoshiki | Director | 2019-10-30 | Jun 1958 | Japanese |
| WESTBURY, David | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLAND, Peter John | Secretary | 1991-08-21 | 2011-03-31 |
| MASON, Eric Herbert Hanley | Secretary | — | 1991-08-21 |
| O'CARROLL, Kevin Patrick | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2016-11-08 |
| BANGS, Stephen Edward | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| CARTER, Christopher John | Director | — | 1994-05-20 |
| HOLLAND, Peter John | Director | 1991-08-21 | 2011-03-31 |
| ISOE, Toshio | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
| LICKA, Martin | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
| MASON, Eric Herbert Hanley | Director | — | 2001-04-01 |
| O'CARROLL, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2007-07-27 | 2025-12-31 |
| SHIRAI, Jiro | Director | — | 2005-07-22 |
| TAKADA, Yoshiyuki | Director | — | 2019-10-30 |
| USUI, Ikuji | Director | 2005-07-22 | 2019-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smc Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.