E H SMITH (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18M
+12.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£50M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
417
-4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+68.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- E H SMITH (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED 1996-01-29 → present
- WHOLESALE BUILDING DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1964-04-14 → 1996-01-29
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £147,198,241 | £165,906,985 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £958,603 | £2,310,112 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,882,537 | £3,163,649 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,384,052 | £2,395,243 | |
| Cash | — | — | £15,847,093 | £17,867,424 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £45,926,507 | £48,096,128 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £47,619,851 | £49,720,344 | |
| Equity | £43,051,521 | £47,327,049 | £47,619,851 | £49,720,344 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 435 | 417 | |
| Wages | — | — | £17,969,189 | £17,891,634 |
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 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.7% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.9% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 2.1% | 4.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 33.7% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.22x | 2.11x |
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
- Prime Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end a contract was entered into by E H Smith (Builders Merchants) Limited for the construction of a new dry store and associated external works at one of its branches. The value of the contract agreed is £406,403 with the work commencing 29 September 2025 and scheduled to be completed by 22 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENAN, Patricia | Secretary | 2026-05-01 | — | — |
| PARKER, Hazel Rosemary | Secretary | 2026-05-01 | — | — |
| CAVE, Chloe Louise | Director | 2026-01-02 | Sep 1978 | British |
| CAVE, John Peter | Director | 2025-02-25 | May 1979 | British |
| ENSELL, David Philip | Director | 1996-01-17 | May 1949 | British |
| HODGSKIN-BROWN, Michael John Howard | Director | 1996-01-17 | Nov 1953 | British |
| LEINSTER, Mark David | Director | 2026-01-02 | Mar 1981 | British |
| MALLINDER, Mark James | Director | 2026-01-02 | Feb 1976 | British |
| PARKER, Andrew John | Director | 1996-01-17 | May 1958 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Philip | Secretary | — | 1993-05-31 |
| CRAVOS, Charles Sydney | Secretary | 2007-06-29 | 2016-03-12 |
| ECCLES, Graham | Secretary | 2018-01-29 | 2019-12-31 |
| ENSELL, David Philip | Secretary | 1996-01-17 | 2007-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Ian Paul | Secretary | 2020-04-22 | 2026-01-30 |
| HODGSKIN-BROWN, John Kenneth | Secretary | 1993-05-31 | 1996-01-17 |
| HODGSKIN-BROWN, Beryl Margaret | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2012-06-16 |
| HODGSKIN-BROWN, John Kenneth | Director | — | 2005-04-18 |
| SMITH, Kenneth Howard Avery | Director | — | 2017-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E H Smith Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-10 | Active |
| Westhaven Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£147,198,241 £165,906,985
-
Cash
+12.7%
£15,847,093 £17,867,424
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£47,619,851 £49,720,344
-
Employees
-4.1%
435 417
-
Operating profit
+141%
£958,603 £2,310,112
-
Profit before tax
+68.1%
£1,882,537 £3,163,649
-
Wages
-0.4%
£17,969,189 £17,891,634
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