Smart Manufacturing Technology Limited
Registered name: SMART MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Smart Manufacturing Technology Limited made £14.6m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Smart Manufacturing Technology Limited’s revenue was £14.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.9m | £14.2m | — | — | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £6.3m | — | — | −£5.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.9m | — | — | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £3.6m | — | — | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £3.6m | — | — | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.6m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 90 | 99 | 92 | 81 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 31.2% | 16.6% | — | — | 24.2% |
| Gross margin | 66.2% | 55.7% | — | — | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £158k | — | — | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £33.3k | £26.3k | £19.7k | £37.3k | £43.8k |
| Cash conversion | 58% | 75.1% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.3% | — | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▼17.8% | ▲76.1% | ▲3.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲10% | ▼7.1% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4m | £6.8m | £8m | £10.2m | — |
| Net assets | £10.7m | £12.9m | £14.4m | £17.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | — |
| Current assets | £13m | £16.3m | £16.8m | £20.4m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.9m | — |
| Deferred income | £6k | £6k | £2.5m | £3.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | £2.7m | £2.7m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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