SMALLER EARTH GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+9.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
89
+15.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-27.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £14,604,327 | £18,320,531 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £3,345,320 | £2,385,555 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £3,311,920 | £2,397,878 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £2,709,853 | £1,796,081 | |
| Cash | £60,021 | £901,519 | £427,071 | — | £4,656,629 | £4,797,586 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £400,124 | £162,589 | -£125,380 | — | £4,215,419 | £4,367,349 | |
| Net assets | £400,124 | £162,589 | -£125,380 | — | £3,737,812 | £4,080,342 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £1,500,957 | £3,737,812 | £4,080,342 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 22 | 10 | — | 77 | 89 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,949,088 | £3,295,665 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £315,769 | £519,145 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+25.4%
£14,604,327 £18,320,531
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Cash
+3%
£4,656,629 £4,797,586
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+9.2%
£3,737,812 £4,080,342
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+15.6%
77 89
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-28.7%
£3,345,320 £2,385,555
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Profit before tax
-27.6%
£3,311,920 £2,397,878
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Wages
+69.1%
£1,949,088 £3,295,665
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 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 22.9% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 18.6% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 79.4% | 54.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.09x | 0.76x | — | 2.83x | 3.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 55.41x | 52.52x |
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
- SMALLER EARTH GROUP LIMITED 2009-12-04 → present
- CORE EDUCATION LIMITED 2008-05-07 → 2009-12-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- 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.”
Group structure
- SMALLER EARTH GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Smaller Earth Limited 100%
- Smaller Earth Inc 100%
- Smaller Earth Ltd. SA DE RL 100%
- Smaller Earth Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Smaller Earth Australia PTY ltd 100%
- Smaller Earth New Zealand Limited 100%
- Cleversteam Limited 75%
- Cleversteam Inc 75%
Significant events
- “After the year end, a shareholders meeting was held to explore the potential sale of shares in Smaller Earth Group Limited to an employee ownership trust, which also included the planned divestment of the Group's interests in both Cleversteam Group and Transforma Group.”
- “On 1 October 2024, it was formally agreed amongst the board to sell 90% of the shares in Smaller Earth Group Limited to an employee ownership trust.”
- “On 28 October 2024, the Group completed the sale of its 75% shareholding in Cleversteam Limited and its subsidiaries for a consideration of £525,000.”
- “On 29 October 2024, 90% of the shares in Smaller Earth Group Limited were sold by the existing shareholders to Smaller Earth EOT Limited, an employee ownership trust, for a total consideration of £16,358,462.”
- “As part of this transaction, two distributions to Smaller Earth EOT Limited relating to payments to exiting shareholders were made on 30 October 2024 and 30 January 2025, Each amounting to £1,145,092 and totalling £2,290,184.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNLIFFE, James Lee | Director | 2025-01-22 | Nov 1985 | British |
| FEKETE, Alexander | Director | 2013-04-06 | Sep 1980 | German |
| GYURICZA, Izabella | Director | 2018-09-28 | Jan 1983 | Hungarian |
| MADDOCKS, Dean Joseph | Director | 2025-01-22 | Aug 1991 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-05-07 | 2009-06-01 |
| ARNOLD, Christopher John | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2025-01-22 |
| ARNOLD, Christopher John | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| BURCHELL, Robert Joseph | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-08-05 |
| HARGREAVES, Christopher | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2016-10-03 |
| ROBINSON, David Richard | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| THOMPSON, Michael | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2021-07-19 |
| WEINBERGER, Bastian | Director | 2011-10-15 | 2025-01-22 |
| WOOLF, Paul Ian | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2010-05-20 |
| WARREN STREET NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-07 | 2009-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smaller Earth Eot Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Mr Christopher John Arnold | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Mr David Richard Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Mr Bastian Benedikt Weinberger | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Mr Alexander Fekete | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-09-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.