SMITH & BATESON LIMITED,

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company has generated a profit of £2,308,616 for the financial year (2023: £2,891,448). The Company is in a net asset position of £11,398,748 at year end (2023: £12,090,132). After reviewing forecast financial performance and considering the letter of financial support from the ultimate parent company, Zeus Packaging Group Limited, and after making other enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Significant events

• “There were no significant events after 31 December 2024 and the date of the approval of these financial statements affecting the Company, which require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.9%

  £35,434,297 → £35,103,492

• Cash

  -79.5%

  £2,368,717 → £484,571

• Net assets

  -5.7%

  £12,090,132 → £11,398,748

• Employees

  +7.7%

  52 → 56

• Operating profit

  -18.1%

  £3,834,288 → £3,139,440

• Profit before tax

  -18.1%

  £3,834,727 → £3,139,376

• Wages

  +6.8%

  £2,031,610 → £2,169,691

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