SMART MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Company number 04570982 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Smart Manufacturing Technology Limited operates as a highly profitable, cash-generative niche leader within the specialized automotive driveline simulation and engineering sector, vastly outperforming typical industry margins with a 21% net margin and a fortress balance sheet containing over £10m in cash. While the broader industry faces disruption from the EV transition and macroeconomic headwinds, SMT's robust liquidity, ISO27001 certification, and specialized software offering position it strongly to capture ongoing OEM demand for virtual prototyping and digital twin technologies.
Shareholders' funds
£17,377,792
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
Providing software and engineering consultancy services for the design, simulation & analysis of driveline systems from concept through to manufacture
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-10-23
- Employees
- 92 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Wilford House 1 Clifton Lane, Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, NG11 7AT
- Postcode
- NG11 7AT
- Capital
- 103 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-23
- Next due by
- 2026-11-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71121 Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Officers 7 current · 9 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA732023 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 14 REGENT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG1 5BQ | 2011-05-16 |
| 77 WILLIAM STREET, NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG24 1QU | 2005-03-21 |
| 77 WILLIAM STREET, NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG24 1QU | 2005-03-21 |
| CHUCKSMITH COTTAGE, NORTON, DISNEY, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE, LN6 9JS | 2003-01-17 |
| CHUCKSMITH COTTAGE, NORTON, DISNEY, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE, LN6 9JS | 2003-01-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 93 similar companies in NG
The largest employer among its local peers (92 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
Competitors Nottingham
This company ranks 1 among engineering design activities for industrial process and production in Nottingham.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-10-16
- Price paid, where recorded
- £540,000
- Where
- City Of Nottingham
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT328085 | City Of Nottingham | Leasehold | 2018-10-16 | £540,000 |
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