SMITH BROTHERS STORES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£3,306,223
Balance sheet as at 2020-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of The core business specialises in the distribution of pipework, valves, air conditioning along with all associated fittings and ancillaries through its branch network targeting the commercial and industrial mechanical service sectors. The company has continued down the path of promoting three attributes within the sector that our customers have come to know and love; STOCK, STAFF, SERVICE.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1969-09-26
- Employees
- 352 (2020 accounts · was 336 in 2019)
- Registered office
- Unit V2, Blaby Industrial Park, Winchester Avenue, Blaby, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, LE8 4GZ
- Postcode
- LE8 4GZ
- Capital
- 3,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-06-28
- Next due by
- 2027-07-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 9 current · 10 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
-
APEX TUBE & VALVES LIMITED. Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2023 (period to 2022-09-30) — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
5.1%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- smithbrothersstores.co.uk
SBS is the oldest and largest family-owned commercial HVAC merchant operating within the UK, covering England, Scotland and Wales.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SMITH BROTHERS (STORES) LIMITED | 2008-07-09 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BATTEN STREET, AYLESTONE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 7PB | 2016-06-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 361 similar companies in LE
The largest employer among its local peers (352 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1969.
No.16 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 16 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Leicester.
Property in England & Wales 18 titles
- Leasehold
- 18
- Most recent registration
- 2026-06-02
- Price paid, where recorded
- £926,660
- Where
- Leicestershire (2), Greater Manchester (2), Tyne And Wear (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT568290 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2026-06-02 | — |
| LT559593 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2025-03-03 | — |
| NT588269 | City Of Nottingham | Leasehold | 2024-03-22 | — |
| HS411454 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2023-10-13 | £831,660 |
| DN761516 | Devon | Leasehold | 2023-07-20 | — |
| CB465184 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2021-11-12 | — |
| SYK692591 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2021-08-18 | — |
| HP851104 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2020-12-09 | — |
| MAN360295 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2020-04-20 | — |
| MAN329378 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2019-01-04 | — |
| MM115273 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2018-11-21 | — |
| TY557235 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2018-06-28 | — |
| TY554281 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2018-03-05 | — |
| MS637223 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2016-10-25 | £95,000 |
| BL142475 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2016-07-01 | — |
| AGL365222 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-01-18 | — |
| CYM668928 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2015-12-24 | — |
| LT446083 | Leicester | Leasehold | 2015-10-27 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.