SMITHS GROUP PLC

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Executive summary

Smiths Group PLC is an established, investment-grade public company with over a century of operational history and a robust group structure. The company exhibits excellent financial resilience, high-quality management, and strong cash generation capabilities typical of a diversified global engineering group. Credit approval is unequivocally recommended, as default risk is negligible and the company possesses ample liquidity and market access to service commercial obligations.

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Overview

Company type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
1914-07-15
Registered office
Level 10 255 Blackfriars Road, London, England, SE1 9AX
Postcode
SE1 9AX
Capital
146 GBP
Accounts category
Group
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-07-31
Next due by
2027-01-31
Financial year end
31 July

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-01-16
Next due by
2027-01-30
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 12 current · 53 resigned

James DOWN Secretary
Appointed 2026-04-10
Appointed 2025-02-01
Appointed 2025-02-01
Alister COWAN Director
Appointed 2024-07-01
Appointed 2024-03-26

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Group structure 26 subsidiaries

Showing 12 of 26.

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-07-31) — 5 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.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5715159 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

4.6%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
smiths-group.com
Phone
03031231113

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
SMITHS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY2000-11-30

Previous registered addresses 7

AddressChanged on
2ND FLOOR CARDINAL PLACE, 80 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, SW1E 5JL2016-07-26
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED2014-07-15
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED2014-07-15
2ND FLOOR, CARDINAL PLACE 80 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, SW1E 5JL, ENGLAND2009-01-23
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 23/01/2009 FROM, 2ND FLOOR, CARDINAL PLACE 80 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, SW1E 5JL, ENGLAND2009-01-23
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 23/01/2009 FROM, 765 FINCHLEY RD, LONDON, NW11 8DS2009-01-23
765 FINCHLEY RD, LONDON, NW11 8DS2009-01-23

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 577 similar companies in SE, trading since 1914

109 companies are registered at this postcode →