Smarte Carte UK Limited
Registered name: SMARTE CARTE UK LIMITED
Smarte Carte UK Limited made £13m revenue and £300k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Smarte Carte UK Limited’s revenue grew 53% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £300k profit and 232 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Corby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Corby, East Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £2.1m | £8.5m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £1.6m | £6.5m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £438k | £544k | £2m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | £46.8k | £344k | £400k |
| Profit before tax | £107k | £46.8k | £327k | £400k |
| Profit after tax | £103k | £35.6k | £246k | £300k |
| Profit (best available) | £103k | £35.6k | £246k | £300k |
| Staff costs | £822k | £1.2m | £6.3m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 43 | 150 | 232 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 26% | 24% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.8k | £48.7k | £56.7k | £56k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £829 | £1.6k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −17.3% | −292.4% | −4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43% | ▲306% | ▲52.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.3% | ▲588.7% | ▲22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.4% | ▲248.8% | ▲54.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £273k | £270k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £575k | £610k | £856k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £26.4k | £28.2k | £15k | £8.5k |
| Current assets | £768k | £975k | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £55.7k | £73.3k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£27.3k | −£8.1k | −£1m | −£16.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲55%
- Now 232
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £8.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £300k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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