F.p.smith Holdings (Newark Avenue) Limited
Registered name: F.P.SMITH HOLDINGS (NEWARK AVENUE) LIMITED
Part of F.p.smith(Holdings)limited groupF.p.smith Holdings (Newark Avenue) Limited made £69.8m revenue and £875k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
F.p.smith Holdings (Newark Avenue) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £69.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £875k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1953
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “F.P.Smith(Holdings)Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company, by virtue of holding 100% of the issued share capital of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.5m | £69.8m |
| Cost of sales | £65.3m | £63.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £885k | £875k |
| Profit (best available) | £885k | £875k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £969k |
| Profit per employee | £12.5k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £800k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £155k |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £237k | £229k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £969k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲20%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £229k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £155k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- F.p.smith(Holdings)limitedultimate parent75–100%
- F.p.smith Holdings (Newark Avenue) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- F.p.smith Motors LimitedRev. £36.3m · Profit £223k
- F.P. Smith Holdings (Barwell) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £875k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026