S M D TEXTILES LIMITED
Company number 02112669 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
S M D Textiles Limited is a financially robust textiles wholesaler that has successfully differentiated itself through a high-value, high-margin product mix, achieving a gross margin well above the industry norm. However, its profitability is being squeezed by rising operational costs, and its performance remains highly sensitive to consumer and commercial spending cycles. The company’s strong balance sheet and strategic investments provide a solid foundation for weathering market headwinds, but controlling its cost base will be critical to restoring profit growth.
Shareholders' funds
£10,394,940
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
Design and sale of furnishing textiles
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-03-19
- Employees
- 67 (2025 accounts · was 68 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit F2 Pittman Way, Preston North Employment, Industrial Estate, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9ZD
- Postcode
- PR2 9ZD
- Capital
- 200,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-28
- Next due by
- 2027-11-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46410 Wholesale of textiles
Officers 4 current · 16 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by SMD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-11-29
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5689954 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 21 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, LANCS, FY1 3LA | 1990-11-21 |
| 107 HINDES ROAD, HARROW, MIDDLESEX, HA1 1RU | 1987-07-17 |
| 124-128 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2NJ | 1987-03-20 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 28 similar companies in PR
The largest employer among its local peers (67 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.1 of the largest wholesale of textiles companies in Preston →
Competitors Preston
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of textiles in Preston.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,108 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1990-06-27
- Where
- Lancashire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA648909 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1990-06-27 | — |
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