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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Leicester, Leicestershire

Smith Brothers Stores

Smith Brothers Stores Limited

Turnover up 33%ActiveLatest figures: 2021Company only57 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Leicester, classed under “Non-specialised wholesale trade”.

Headline figures

FY to Sept 2021 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£8.98m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20202021
Profit after tax£8.98m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 2 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet20202021
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-19

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Andrew John Raine as a director on 1 October 2026
  2. Address
    Registered office address changed from Unit V2, Blaby Industrial Park, Winchester Avenue Blaby Leicester Leicestershire LE8 4GZ England to Unit 7 the Mill Lane Industrial Estate…
  3. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Anthony David Smith on 18 March 2008
  4. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2025
  5. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2024
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Martin Kinglsey Denton as a director on 30 September 2024
  7. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2023
  8. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2022
  9. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2021
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Andrew Clements as a director on 1 October 2021
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Jason Fretwell as a director on 1 October 2021
  12. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 September 2020
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Shares
      Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 15 December 2020 · GBP 2,996
    2. Shares
      Purchase of own shares
    3. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2019
    4. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2018
    5. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2017
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of John Gregory Smith as a director on 30 September 2017
    7. Directors
      Appointment of Christopher Smith as a director on 1 October 2017
    8. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Margaret Jane Beasley as a director on 1 October 2017
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Martin Forbes Heatlie as a director on 1 October 2017
    10. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jeffrey Robertshaw as a director on 30 September 2017
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of James Thomas Wilkinson as a director on 30 September 2017
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of John Gregory Smith as a secretary on 30 September 2017
    13. Ownership
      Notification of Smith Brothers (Leicester) Limited as a person with significant control on 6 April 2016
    14. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2016
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Peter Cecil Fletcher as a director on 9 June 2017
    16. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2015
    17. Address
      Registered office address changed from Batten Street Aylestone Road Leicester LE2 7PB to Unit V2, Blaby Industrial Park, Winchester Avenue Blaby Leicester Leicestershire LE8 4GZ…
    18. Directors
      Director's details changed for Martin Kinglsey Denton on 1 June 2015
    19. Directors
      Director's details changed for David Craig Wildman on 1 June 2015
    20. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms James Thomas Wilkinson on 1 June 2015
    21. Directors
      Director's details changed for David Allan Bryson on 1 June 2015
    22. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 September 2014
    23. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 30 September 2013
    24. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 30 September 2012
    25. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Steven Richard Smith on 1 June 2012

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Smith Brothers Stores do?

Private limited company registered in Leicester, classed under “Non-specialised wholesale trade”. In its own words: “SBS is the oldest and largest family-owned commercial HVAC merchant operating within the UK, covering England, Scotland and Wales.”

›How much turnover does Smith Brothers Stores make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Smith Brothers Stores profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £8.98m in the year to 30 September 2021, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Smith Brothers Stores?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Smith Brothers Stores?

Its directors are Margaret Jane Beasley, David Allan Bryson, Andrew Clements, Jason Fretwell, Martin Forbes Heatlie and 5 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Smith Brothers Stores based?

Its registered office is Unit 7 The Mill Lane Industrial Estate, Glenfield, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 8DX, in Leicester, Leicestershire.

›When was Smith Brothers Stores founded?

Smith Brothers Stores Limited was incorporated on 26 September 1969.

›Is Smith Brothers Stores still trading?

The register lists Smith Brothers Stores Limited as active.

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