A.CLARKE & CO.(SMETHWICK)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£119K
-82.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+11.8% vs 2024
Employees
548
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+100.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,764,220 | £62,951,495 | |
| Operating profit | £1,550,253 | £2,340,989 | |
| Profit before tax | £715,819 | £1,433,205 | |
| Net profit | £518,551 | £1,004,169 | |
| Cash | £687,921 | £118,509 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,776,477 | £11,938,051 | |
| Net assets | £4,717,946 | £5,272,773 | |
| Equity | £4,717,946 | £5,272,773 | |
| Average employees | 550 | 548 | |
| Wages | £24,885,864 | £25,257,579 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | 81.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 1.86x | 2.58x |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The total amount contracted for but not provided in the financial statements was £516,580 (2024 - £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Brian William | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CLARKE, Brian William | Director | — | Apr 1936 | British |
| CLARKE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2021-04-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CLARKE, Robert | Director | — | Jan 1963 | British |
| CLARKE, Sandra Dawn | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| CLARKE (JNR), Brian William | Director | — | Jul 1960 | British |
| JONES, Alun Bayden | Director | 2023-03-28 | Apr 1970 | British |
| OLIVER, Angela Michelle | Director | 2024-05-31 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WESTWOOD, Jason Howard | Director | 2019-02-19 | Apr 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Mark Lee | Director | 2019-05-07 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Judith Anne | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-10-04 |
| CLARKE, Brenda Mary | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2018-05-06 |
| CLARKE, Brenda Mary | Director | — | 1992-07-20 |
| LOWCOCK, Philip | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2019-08-31 |
| SWARBRECK, Alan | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2021-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Clarke & Co. (Smethwick) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-29 | Active |
| Mr Brian William Clarke (Jnr.) | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-02 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
| Mr Robert Clarke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-02 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
| Mr Brian William Clarke (Snr.) | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£61,764,220 £62,951,495
-
Cash
-82.8%
£687,921 £118,509
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£4,717,946 £5,272,773
-
Employees
-0.4%
550 548
-
Operating profit
+51%
£1,550,253 £2,340,989
-
Profit before tax
+100.2%
£715,819 £1,433,205
-
Wages
+1.5%
£24,885,864 £25,257,579
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers