SMITHS METAL CENTRES LIMITED

1. SMITHS METAL CENTRES LIMITED 1998-04-22 → present
2. DRAFTDIGS LIMITED 1997-12-24 → 1998-04-22

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

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors of the parent undertaking, Cobham Aluminium & Stainless Holdings Limited, having carefully considered all pertinent matters, including the cash reserves of the Group, are satisfied that the Company and Group is a going concern and that sufficient funds are available for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. The Group treasury function is available to the parent and all companies in the Group; the Directors accordingly continue to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “Turnover and gross profit have decreased compared to 2023, whilst operating expenses have been subject to inflationary pressures, with some investment for future growth.”
• “From 1 January 2025, the Company's ultimate parent company and controlling related party is Clerkenwell Metals Inc., a company incorporated in the United States of America.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -10.1%

  £135,614,480 → £121,956,543

• Cash

  +91.8%

  £12,029,754 → £23,078,396

• Net assets

  +3.9%

  £51,087,895 → £53,096,275

• Employees

  +0.3%

  353 → 354

• Operating profit

  -12.8%

  £13,326,528 → £11,614,471

• Profit before tax

  -12.8%

  £13,185,833 → £11,494,509

• Wages

  +0.5%

  £18,279,744 → £18,366,842

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