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Cash

£718K

-42.1% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£4.5M

-6.7% lowest in 5 filed years

Employees

46

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£395K

-5,416.6% lowest in 5 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric Trend 2021-07-312022-07-312023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £18,575,119£20,708,234£14,238,862 -31.2%
Operating profit £692,193-£22,289-£465,696 -1,989.4%
Profit before tax £838,318£10,366£154,620-£7,159-£394,934 -5,416.6%
Net profit £723,942£56,235£120,607£26,722-£319,052 -1,294%
Cash £1,784,872£1,007,721£2,134,801£1,240,566£718,428 -42.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,741,813£4,904,397£5,099,352£4,921,828£4,611,010 -6.3%
Net assets £4,591,711£4,647,946£4,768,553£4,795,275£4,476,223 -6.7%
Equity £4,591,711£4,647,946£4,768,553£4,795,275£4,476,223 -6.7%
Average employees 7769494646 0%
Wages £2,805,710£2,565,009£1,503,530£1,491,247£1,653,315 +10.9%
Directors' remuneration £315,442£275,943£0£4,788

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2021-07-312022-07-312023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31
Operating margin 3.7%-0.1%-3.3%
Net margin 3.9%0.1%-2.2%
Return on capital employed 14.6%-0.5%-10.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 39.7%34.6%
Current ratio 2.24x2.75x
Interest cover -1.39x-36.13x

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.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. STRUCTURAL METAL DECKS LIMITED 1998-07-03 → present
  2. SURREAL LIMITED 1998-05-08 → 1998-07-03

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. STRUCTURAL METAL DECKS LIMITED · parent
    1. SMD Intech Private Limited 99.99% · India · Structural deck development.
    2. Thru Deck Services Limited 100% · Scotland · Installation of composite metal deck flooring.

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
PRATTEN, Benedict Secretary 2014-05-02
BOOTH, Steven Director 2024-10-28 Jun 1969 British
FIRTH, James Tennant Director 2024-10-28 Dec 1973 British
FIRTH, Roger Tennant Director 1998-06-05 Aug 1943 British
PRATTEN, Benedict Director 2008-08-01 Jul 1973 British
TURNER, Jamie Francis Director 2008-08-01 Sep 1976 British
WILLIAMS, Daniel Stephen Director 2008-08-01 Mar 1972 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
PRATTEN, Sidney Barry Secretary 1998-06-05 2014-05-01
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-05-08 1998-06-05
GALWAY, Craig Anthony Director 1998-07-01 2014-10-03
PRATTEN, Sidney Barry Director 1998-07-02 2013-12-10
PRATTEN, Sidney Barry Director 1998-06-05 1998-06-30
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-05-08 1998-06-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Smd Construction Group Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 126 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-05-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-10-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-09-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-06-03 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-04-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-05-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-04-26 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2021-05-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-03-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-06-03 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
1

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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