SME CORPORATION (2) LIMITED
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Cash
£340K
-34% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1.1M
+10.4% vs 2024
Employees
124
-12.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£240K
+623.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,720,640 | £10,872,311 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £144,481 | £349,458 | +141.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,175 | £240,022 | +623.5% | |
| Net profit | -£62,702 | £125,795 | +300.6% | |
| Cash | £515,774 | £340,303 | -34% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £924,348 | £823,527 | -10.9% | |
| Net assets | -£1,209,488 | -£1,083,693 | +10.4% | |
| Equity | -£1,209,488 | -£1,083,693 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | 141 | 124 | -12.1% | |
| Wages | £2,161,931 | £2,403,059 | +11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | 42.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.1% | 108.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 0.06x | |
| Interest cover | 1.30x | 3.19x |
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
- SME CORPORATION (2) LIMITED 2014-01-07 → present
- AKBLEICESTER LIMITED 2013-04-11 → 2014-01-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lawrence Grant LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors also assess that the group has sufficient resources and assets to meet its liabilities. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company's objective is to achieve sustainable rates of growth and returns through a combination of organic growth and acquisition of new outlets.”
- “The directors aim to continue with management policies which has resulted in the company's steady growth in recent years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESMAIL, Aly | Secretary | 2014-01-02 | — | — |
| ESMAIL, Sayed | Secretary | 2014-01-02 | — | — |
| ESMAIL, Aly Mohamed | Director | 2016-04-01 | Dec 1982 | British |
| ESMAIL, Sayed Mohamed | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESMAIL, Sushma Bhatia | Secretary | 2014-01-02 | 2017-03-31 |
| BATA, Akbarali | Director | 2013-04-11 | 2014-01-02 |
| ESMAIL, Mohamed Fazal | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2014-10-23 |
| ESMAIL, Sushma Bhatia | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2017-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sme Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.