SMITHS CONCRETE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-14% vs 2022
Net assets
£5M
-43.8% vs 2022
Employees
63
-11.3% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£4M
-968.1% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,729,265 | £17,315,489 | |
| Operating profit | £132,035 | -£3,915,215 | |
| Profit before tax | £450,235 | -£3,908,289 | |
| Net profit | £402,166 | -£3,711,586 | |
| Cash | £1,816,663 | £1,562,239 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,424,735 | £8,502,909 | |
| Net assets | £8,467,611 | £4,756,025 | |
| Equity | £8,467,611 | £4,756,025 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 63 | |
| Wages | £2,661,378 | £2,412,143 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -22.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | -21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | -46.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.3% | 58.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 4.42x | -94.65x |
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
- Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 22 January 2024 Hanson Quarry Products Ventures Limited purchased the 20,400 'A' shares in the Company. The Company has now become wholly owned by Hanson Quarry Products Ventures Limited and is now part of the wider Heidelberg Materials AG group.”
- “In March 2024 the Company's issued share capital comprising 20,400 'A' £1 shares and 19,600 'B' £1 shares were redesignated as 40,000 ordinary £1 shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Wendy Fiona | Secretary | 2016-03-17 | — | — |
| GRETTON, Edward Alexander | Director | 2024-10-09 | Jul 1970 | British |
| NAPIER, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2024-01-22 | Dec 1977 | British |
| QUILEZ SOMOLINOS, Alfredo | Director | 2024-01-22 | Jul 1967 | Spanish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBBING, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| DRANSFIELD, Graham | Secretary | 2007-12-10 | 2008-06-30 |
| HOGAN, Ellen Marie | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2006-06-21 |
| MCINTYRE, Clare | Secretary | 1995-08-09 | 1996-07-22 |
| MUMFORD, Samantha Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2001-11-08 | 2004-03-01 |
| PLUMB, David | Secretary | 1996-07-22 | 2001-11-08 |
| TUNNACLIFFE, Paul Derek | Secretary | 2006-06-21 | 2007-12-10 |
| TYSON, Roger Thomas Virley | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2016-03-17 |
| WHITE, Paul Matthew | Secretary | — | 1995-08-09 |
| BROWN, David England | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| CLAYDON, James Alexander | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| COLE, Steven Robert George | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2002-08-31 |
| DAY, Gareth James | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2024-10-08 |
| FERNLEY, Simon Roger | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2001-09-28 |
| HARRIS, Duncan Ian | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2006-12-05 |
| HENTALL, Ewen Damian | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2008-02-07 |
| HOPKINS, John Kenneth | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2003-12-31 |
| JONES, David Terence | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2001-02-08 |
| LAST, Terence Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-01 |
| MORRISH, Jonathan Peter, Dr | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2009-06-01 |
| SCHACHT, Philip John | Director | 2005-08-11 | 2008-09-01 |
| SMITH, Andrew William | Director | — | 2024-01-22 |
| SMITH, David John | Director | — | 2021-08-04 |
| SMITH, Peter John | Director | 1992-07-15 | 1999-12-31 |
| SMITH, Simon Charles | Director | — | 2024-01-22 |
| SNAPE, Ross William | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| STUBBS, Charles Andrew | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2024-04-09 |
| TAYLOR, John Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| WARDLE, Ian Derek | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson Quarry Products Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-04 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-20.3%
£21,729,265 £17,315,489
-
Cash
-14%
£1,816,663 £1,562,239
-
Net assets
-43.8%
£8,467,611 £4,756,025
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Employees
-11.3%
71 63
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Operating profit
-3,065.3%
£132,035 -£3,915,215
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Profit before tax
-968.1%
£450,235 -£3,908,289
-
Wages
-9.4%
£2,661,378 £2,412,143
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