SMITHERS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-21.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-29.7% vs 2023
Employees
292
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+16.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,024,000 | £33,456,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,331,000 | £5,906,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,287,000 | £6,143,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,915,000 | £4,463,000 | |
| Cash | £3,918,000 | £3,060,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,832,000 | £16,277,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,647,000 | £10,295,000 | |
| Equity | £14,647,000 | £10,295,000 | |
| Average employees | 281 | 292 | |
| Wages | £12,458,000 | £12,534,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.4% | 36.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.2% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 13.78x | 15.62x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the group will be able to continue to trade for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SMITHERS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Smithers MSE Limited 100%
- Shrewsbury Real Estate Limited 100%
- Smithers Information Limited 100%
- Smithers ERS Limited 100%
- Smithers Quality Assessments Limited 100%
- Smithers MDT Limited 100%
- Reschem Analytical Limited 100%
- Reschem Analytical Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Tangible fixed assets have decreased by 661k as a result of an investment of £930k (2023: £824k) in additions to tangible fixed assets, mainly new laboratory space and equipment, offset by the annual depreciation charge.”
- “Dividends amounting to £8,815k have been paid in the year to the group's shareholder.”
- “The opening balance of goodwill includes £333,000 relating to contingent consideration. During the year, £138,000 of this amount was repaid. The remaining £195,000 was released to the profit and loss account following the non-fulfilment of certain performance targets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOCHSCHWENDER, John Michael | Director | 2010-09-27 | Dec 1960 | American |
| MENEFEE, Terrell | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jul 1968 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIHNOVETS, Steve | Secretary | 2010-09-27 | 2014-05-13 |
| DOWEY, James L | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2013-10-11 |
| KANTOR, David J | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2017-01-01 |
| PLIMMER, Tracy Lee | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2010-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Michael Hochschwender | Individual | Shares 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.5%
£32,024,000 £33,456,000
-
Cash
-21.9%
£3,918,000 £3,060,000
-
Net assets
-29.7%
£14,647,000 £10,295,000
-
Employees
+3.9%
281 292
-
Operating profit
+10.8%
£5,331,000 £5,906,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.2%
£5,287,000 £6,143,000
-
Wages
+0.6%
£12,458,000 £12,534,000
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