SMARTCREDIT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-37.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+24% vs 2023
Employees
198
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+12.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,787,437 | £22,262,255 | |
| Operating profit | £3,927,523 | £4,413,219 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,988,065 | £4,475,029 | |
| Net profit | £3,559,575 | £4,264,977 | |
| Cash | £4,973,966 | £3,127,115 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,686,806 | £23,941,756 | |
| Net assets | £18,125,416 | £22,468,251 | |
| Equity | £18,125,416 | £22,468,251 | |
| Average employees | 191 | 198 | |
| Wages | £8,503,080 | £9,971,641 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,413,215 | £2,090,574 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+12.5%
£19,787,437 £22,262,255
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Cash
-37.1%
£4,973,966 £3,127,115
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Net assets
+24%
£18,125,416 £22,468,251
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Employees
+3.7%
191 198
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Operating profit
+12.4%
£3,927,523 £4,413,219
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Profit before tax
+12.2%
£3,988,065 £4,475,029
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Wages
+17.3%
£8,503,080 £9,971,641
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 19.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 19.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.0% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.61x | 5.22x | |
| Interest cover | 582.63x | 1833.49x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SMARTCREDIT LIMITED · parent
- Smartsearch International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19th April 2024, Triple Private Equity, via three investment funds, became the majority shareholder. There is no controlling party. The ultimate parent undertaking was Mercury Midco Limited, a Company registered in Jersey, until 19th April 2024, when the ultimate parent undertaking became Solace Topco Limited, a Company registered in the United Kingdom.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIFFORD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2021-05-21 | — | — |
| AMADIO, Annalisa | Director | 2024-04-19 | May 1990 | Italian |
| COTTER, Philip Joseph | Director | 2024-04-22 | Jun 1959 | British |
| GUNAY, Seyfi | Director | 2025-11-06 | Jan 1970 | German |
| JONES, Joanne | Director | 2025-01-16 | Jun 1978 | British |
| MIELL, Alexander Edward | Director | 2025-02-05 | Jan 1975 | British |
| MORRIS, Stuart | Director | 2024-10-07 | Jun 1981 | British |
| SMITH, Collette Kristina | Director | 2020-07-13 | Dec 1989 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Gareth Jack | Secretary | 2008-11-10 | 2017-04-21 |
| DOBSON, Janet | Secretary | 2018-08-28 | 2021-05-21 |
| HOLMES, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2017-04-21 | 2018-08-28 |
| WILSON, Nichola Dawn | Secretary | 2005-08-11 | 2008-11-10 |
| ALLEN, Gareth Jack | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2021-12-31 |
| CHEEK, Martin Robert | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2024-06-30 |
| DOBSON, James Edward | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2024-07-31 |
| DOBSON, John Kenneth | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2024-04-19 |
| EDDIE, Stephen Paul | Director | 2024-10-07 | 2025-08-01 |
| ELCOCK, Claire Helen | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| GREEN, Deirdre Jacqueline Mary | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2007-12-15 |
| GREEN, Graham Andrew | Director | 2007-12-15 | 2008-11-10 |
| GREEN, Julie Michelle | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| GREEN, Michael John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-04-19 |
| HARRISON, Guy Edward | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2024-04-19 |
| HOLMES, Michael Andrew | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2022-01-31 |
| MITCHELL, Fraser John Bran | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2025-09-30 |
| PEZZUTTO, Roland | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2024-04-19 |
| RICE, Gavin Phillip | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2007-12-15 |
| WILSON, Nichola Dawn | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2008-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solace Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-30 | Active |
| Mercury Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-08 | Ceased 2026-04-30 |
| Mr Martin Cheek | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-08 |
| Mr John Kenneth Dobson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.