SMARTER BUSINESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-38.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-6.4% vs 2023
Employees
55
+22.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£535K
+32.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SMARTER BUSINESS LIMITED 2017-05-22 → present
- BROKERS 4 BUSINESS LIMITED 2009-11-13 → 2017-05-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,171,959 | £2,721,354 | |
| Operating profit | £515,643 | £574,116 | |
| Profit before tax | £403,916 | £535,066 | |
| Net profit | £647,014 | £325,948 | |
| Cash | £1,682,523 | £1,030,294 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,563,483 | £1,575,509 | |
| Net assets | £1,292,516 | £1,209,765 | |
| Equity | £1,292,516 | £1,209,765 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 55 | |
| Wages | £750,289 | £953,635 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.7% | 21.1% | |
| Net margin | 29.8% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.1% | 36.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.2% | 74.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 4.43x | 12.64x |
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
- UK-adopted IAS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts to the end of 2025 which take into account all known factors, including the availability of funding to the business and the continued risk of clawbacks. The Directors therefore believe it is appropriate to continue to adopt the Going Concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- SMARTER BUSINESS LIMITED · parent
- Forward Utilities Limited 50.083%
- Business Advisory Service Limited 100%
- Smarter Business BPO Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Directors declared a dividend to shareholders of £308,702 (2023: £nil), which was paid in the year.”
- “Net cash generated from operating activities of £1,289,739 has enabled the Group to repay in full its CBILS loan and its loans from shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Edward Ian Charles | Secretary | 2017-11-16 | — | — |
| GROVE, Helen Louise | Director | 2016-09-12 | Sep 1978 | British |
| READ, Mark Robert | Director | 2016-01-02 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WALKER, Edward Ian Charles | Director | 2019-01-16 | Apr 1973 | British |
| WINGRAVE, Bradley James | Director | 2015-01-06 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2009-11-16 |
| LINDSAY, Martyn David | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2018-11-06 |
| MARGETTS, Matthew Graham, Mr. | Director | 2019-01-16 | 2023-11-09 |
| MCGRIGOR, Neil Alexander | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2023-11-09 |
| MILLER, Peter Martin | Director | 2018-07-30 | 2020-04-07 |
| RAND, Simon Kenneth | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2018-02-06 |
| WHEELER, Sally | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2016-01-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Bradley James Wingrave | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-04 | Active |
| Mr Mark Robert Read | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-29
-
Turnover
+25.3%
£2,171,959 £2,721,354
-
Cash
-38.8%
£1,682,523 £1,030,294
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£1,292,516 £1,209,765
-
Employees
+22.2%
45 55
-
Operating profit
+11.3%
£515,643 £574,116
-
Profit before tax
+32.5%
£403,916 £535,066
-
Wages
+27.1%
£750,289 £953,635
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