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Company Number

00324357

Next Accounts

Jun 2025

Industry

Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.

Activities of head offices

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Directors

Angela Risley

Marc Owen

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Shareholders

undisclosed

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

building 5, croxley park, hatters lane, watford, hertfordshire, WD18 8YE

Website

www.smith-nephew.com

smith & nephew plc Estimated Valuation

£12.8b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of SMITH & NEPHEW PLC at £12.8b based on an EBITDA of £814.8m and a 15.76x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Smith & Nephew Plc is a live company located in watford, WD18 8YE with a Companies House number of 00324357. It operates in the manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. sector, SIC Code 20590. Founded in February 1937, it's largest shareholder is undisclosed with a 100% stake. Smith & Nephew Plc is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £4.5b with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Smith & Nephew Plc a 4 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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6 Strong

1 Regular

5 Weak

Size

annual sales of £4.5b, make it larger than the average company (£24.1m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 8%, show it is growing at a faster rate (6.7%)

EXPORT

Smith & Nephew Plc's latest turnover from December 2023 is £4.5 billion and the company has net assets of £4.2 billion. According to their latest financial statements, Smith & Nephew Plc has 19,081 employees and maintains cash reserves of £242.4 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	4,454,523,561	4,186,401,220	3,994,481,913	3,494,788,473	3,744,625,027	3,851,712,221	3,613,133,151	3,389,227,642	3,581,697,326	3,168,622,607	2,866,837,979	2,450,103,642	2,629,472,258	2,466,538,007	2,469,071,153
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	1,388,777,394	1,236,252,709	1,182,556,714	1,069,895,769	975,147,584	1,019,478,479	946,314,832	923,344,948	883,444,118	797,474,436	724,780,918	633,698,549	702,013,671	641,847,725	674,216,142
Gross Profit	3,065,746,167	2,950,148,511	2,811,925,199	2,424,892,704	2,769,477,443	2,832,233,742	2,666,818,320	2,465,882,695	2,698,253,208	2,371,148,171	2,142,057,060	1,816,405,093	1,927,458,587	1,824,690,282	1,794,855,011
Admin Expenses	2,724,572,530	2,588,905,836	2,357,449,417	2,198,804,415	2,175,497,412	2,154,414,075	1,958,598,726	1,884,436,702	2,212,861,339	1,857,113,444	1,608,354,747	1,315,368,670	1,396,637,724	1,251,945,465	1,321,594,554
Operating Profit	341,173,637	361,242,675	454,475,782	226,088,289	593,980,031	677,819,667	708,219,594	581,445,993	485,391,869	514,034,727	533,702,313	501,036,423	530,820,863	572,744,817	473,260,457
Interest Payable	111,583,848	70,643,012	74,340,895	52,881,668	60,491,218	46,339,931	43,221,110	37,746,806	37,872,932	7,549,242	13,836,727	5,330,175	7,389,618	11,205,877	67,421,614
Interest Receivable	27,293,890	11,238,660	4,598,405	4,598,405	7,288,098	6,519,967	4,549,590	7,984,901	8,502,086	8,921,831	9,224,484	6,514,657	2,463,205	1,867,646	32,728,938
Pre-Tax Profit	232,800,835	188,648,952	449,110,975	188,534,641	541,505,721	613,415,017	666,515,014	770,905,923	432,060,597	490,014,412	528,431,179	646,727,865	522,199,643	557,181,099	438,567,782
Tax	-21,674,560	-9,633,138	-47,516,861	154,812,998	-104,219,809	-92,679,862	-84,925,690	-201,800,232	-115,164,631	-146,180,770	-162,087,369	-219,721,646	-163,803,190	-174,313,640	-129,606,598
Profit After Tax	211,126,274	179,015,814	401,594,114	343,347,639	437,285,912	520,735,156	581,589,324	569,105,691	316,895,965	343,833,642	366,343,810	427,006,219	358,396,453	382,867,459	308,961,183
Dividends Paid	262,503,010	206,309,705	252,145,923	251,379,522	231,761,533	252,120,641	0	202,526,132	0	164,024,432	157,475,127	110,156,944	0	82,176,430	78,549,453
Retained Profit	-51,376,736	-27,293,891	149,448,191	91,968,118	205,524,379	268,614,515	581,589,324	366,579,559	316,895,965	179,809,210	208,868,683	316,849,275	358,396,453	300,691,029	230,411,730
Employee Costs	1,652,885,928	1,531,668,941	1,470,723,483	1,292,152,054	1,265,213,906	1,261,388,627	1,140,430,695	1,020,615,563	1,094,450,456	969,734,404	793,305,660	644,951,140	691,545,046	615,700,679	612,685,737
Number Of Employees	19,081	19,094	18,976	18,581	18,030	16,681	16,333	15,584	19,757	13,469	16,148	10,477	14,845	10,172	9,764
EBITDA*	814,802,921	853,335,474	885,959,534	652,973,635	955,469,718	1,017,585,015	708,219,594	882,694,541	868,758,694	797,474,435	771,562,232	682,262,362	712,482,295	738,342,774	668,324,932

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	1,764,469,776	1,734,767,601	1,909,871,245	1,738,963,826	1,256,468,187	1,127,081,370	1,056,263,270	882,694,541	910,496,213	749,433,807	825,591,355	739,117,560	629,964,899	654,921,248	638,214,309
Intangible Assets	3,292,927,671	3,425,383,319	3,362,201,104	3,382,893,930	3,174,695,722	2,785,893,811	2,837,427,965	2,612,514,518	2,716,030,298	2,590,076,179	1,522,039,929	1,332,543,678	935,402,426	950,631,887	985,141,062
Investments & Other	19,266,275	46,560,166	151,747,394	89,668,914	80,169,083	113,284,433	105,398,847	99,448,315	98,933,374	85,100,541	189,101,930	69,884,512	10,468,624	11,828,425	13,091,575
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	289,796,901	264,911,294	305,027,590	282,035,561	212,083,667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,696,071	0
Total Fixed Assets	4,782,050,252	4,904,872,762	4,978,540,772	4,865,113,427	4,431,163,909	4,060,309,698	3,893,691,234	3,495,209,059	3,626,526,511	3,339,509,985	2,347,631,284	2,071,661,237	1,565,367,325	1,605,553,134	1,623,355,370
Stock & work in progress	1,922,613,791	1,770,089,106	1,413,243,408	1,295,984,058	1,176,299,103	1,136,919,315	988,777,676	903,019,744	940,639,975	810,514,034	662,845,094	533,609,712	528,973,458	574,612,463	610,722,000
Trade Debtors	850,124,428	824,436,060	744,175,353	698,191,294	788,572,261	867,106,503	800,727,934	717,189,315	751,275,313	664,333,265	616,063,781	541,901,096	554,221,319	562,161,489	521,044,708
Group Debtors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,309,157
Misc Debtors	193,465,521	190,254,475	163,243,408	157,112,201	179,287,223	173,594,132	153,169,548	143,002,322	128,304,220	135,886,349	117,282,730	88,836,245	84,364,800	75,328,394	96,877,659
Cash	242,433,972	280,966,524	988,657,265	1,350,398,528	201,880,329	297,473,512	128,146,800	72,590,011	92,750,038	63,825,406	90,268,168	105,419,010	113,307,469	128,867,583	125,679,125
misc current assets	0	0	81,238,504	72,808,093	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76,975,183	0	9,164,103
total current assets	3,235,128,843	3,095,448,342	3,390,557,940	3,574,494,175	2,346,038,918	2,416,745,209	2,070,821,959	1,835,801,394	1,912,969,547	1,674,559,056	1,486,459,775	1,269,766,065	1,357,842,232	1,340,969,931	1,364,796,753
total assets	8,017,179,095	8,000,321,104	8,369,098,712	8,439,607,602	6,777,202,827	6,477,054,907	5,964,513,193	5,331,010,453	5,539,496,058	5,014,069,041	3,834,091,059	3,341,427,302	2,923,209,557	2,946,523,065	2,988,152,123
Bank overdraft	0	0	376,302,882	258,277,131	52,474,309	128,809,299	20,473,157	62,427,410	35,554,181	26,765,493	28,991,237	22,505,182	188,435,248	35,485,277	29,456,045
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	815,605,684	826,041,583	799,356,223	682,863,274	685,810,072	670,750,864	661,965,423	585,801,394	624,516,927	553,839,819	494,827,700	382,588,096	338,075,005	363,568,449	358,054,592
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	0	-133,659,331	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other short term finances	0	0	0	0	0	0	36,396,724	0	0	6,862,946	0	5,922,416	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	614,112,547	128,441,839	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other current liabilities	393,353,133	422,252,547	457,541,383	352,544,450	401,574,228	414,017,928	301,789,504	330,284,551	378,729,323	210,006,175	183,171,903	139,769,025	174,271,813	169,955,798	177,390,848
total current liabilities	1,823,071,365	1,376,735,972	1,633,200,490	1,293,684,856	1,139,858,611	1,150,644,046	1,020,624,810	978,513,357	1,038,800,433	797,474,436	706,990,841	550,784,720	700,782,068	569,009,525	564,901,486
loans	3,723,207,834	4,354,178,372	4,365,419,986	5,139,484,978	2,977,917,060	2,256,723,715	2,346,072,186	2,270,615,562	2,216,725,922	2,286,733,922	228,635,435	509,327,804	19,705,646	799,352,548	1,426,981,736
hp & lease commitments	1,861,603,917	2,177,089,186	0	0	1,439,399,460	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	28,096,652	72,248,534	51,348,865	72,041,692	74,338,605	0	102,365,787	59,523,809	22,414,592	30,196,966	156,157,343	4,737,933	4,926,411	0	17,673,627
provisions	232,800,832	305,049,366	469,037,399	916,615,571	555,353,107	410,757,945	294,206,853	569,105,689	609,058,585	540,800,217	151,545,100	461,948,472	490,177,964	503,019,360	531,517,967
total long term liabilities	2,006,100,987	2,401,862,406	2,468,577,559	3,100,091,968	1,890,532,760	1,401,792,991	1,422,505,307	1,479,384,436	1,435,306,848	1,443,964,038	460,565,329	490,376,073	259,868,218	651,185,955	996,923,479
total liabilities	3,829,172,352	3,778,598,378	4,101,778,049	4,393,776,824	3,030,391,371	2,552,437,037	2,443,130,117	2,457,897,793	2,474,107,281	2,241,438,474	1,167,556,170	1,041,160,793	960,650,286	1,220,195,480	1,561,824,965
net assets	4,188,006,743	4,221,722,727	4,267,320,662	4,045,830,778	3,746,811,457	3,924,617,869	3,521,383,076	2,873,112,660	3,065,388,777	2,772,630,567	2,666,534,888	2,300,266,508	1,962,559,271	1,726,327,585	1,426,327,158
total shareholders funds	4,188,006,743	4,221,722,726	4,267,320,662	4,045,830,779	3,746,811,457	3,828,149,544	3,521,383,076	2,873,112,660	3,065,388,777	2,772,630,568	2,666,534,888	2,300,266,509	1,962,559,271	1,726,327,585	1,426,327,158

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	341,173,637	361,242,675	454,475,782	226,088,289	593,980,031	677,819,667	708,219,594	581,445,993	485,391,869	514,034,727	533,702,313	501,036,423	530,820,863	572,744,817	473,260,457
Depreciation	266,516,818	277,755,479	249,846,720	238,350,705	212,812,477	197,141,062	0	162,601,626	174,679,239	152,357,422	137,708,375	125,555,227	133,628,918	128,245,035	134,843,228
Amortisation	207,112,466	214,337,320	181,637,032	188,534,641	148,677,210	142,624,286	0	138,646,922	208,687,586	131,082,286	100,151,545	55,670,713	48,032,514	37,352,922	60,221,247
Tax	-21,674,560	-9,633,138	-47,516,861	154,812,998	-104,219,809	-92,679,862	-84,925,690	-201,800,232	-115,164,631	-146,180,770	-162,087,369	-219,721,646	-163,803,190	-174,313,640	-129,606,598
Stock	152,524,685	356,845,698	117,259,350	119,684,955	39,379,788	148,141,639	85,757,932	-37,620,231	130,125,941	147,668,940	129,235,382	4,636,254	-45,639,005	-36,109,537	610,722,000
Debtors	53,785,021	67,155,478	75,107,296	-42,604,097	106,593,519	119,452,151	93,705,845	-19,387,896	79,359,919	66,873,103	102,609,171	-7,848,779	-12,599,835	31,954,430	619,231,524
Creditors	-10,435,899	26,685,360	116,492,949	-2,946,798	15,059,208	8,785,441	76,164,029	-38,715,533	70,677,108	59,012,119	112,239,604	44,513,091	-25,493,445	5,513,857	358,054,592
Accruals and Deferred Income	-28,899,414	-35,288,836	104,996,933	-49,029,778	-12,443,700	112,228,424	-28,495,047	-48,444,772	168,723,148	26,834,272	43,402,878	-34,502,788	4,316,015	-7,435,050	177,390,848
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	-72,248,534	-163,988,033	-447,578,172	361,262,464	144,595,162	116,551,092	-274,898,836	-39,952,896	68,258,368	389,255,117	-310,403,372	-28,229,492	-12,841,396	-28,498,607	531,517,967
Cash flow from operations	475,234,808	247,109,651	419,987,737	1,039,991,663	852,487,272	894,876,320	216,600,273	610,789,235	851,766,827	911,853,130	222,869,421	447,534,053	572,899,119	537,764,441	375,728,217
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-370,875,811	-380,171,370	-581,698,344	-1,117,579,193	-879,678,415	-359,049,294	-398,482,176	-169,931,096	-670,383,351	-1,275,318,410	-513,829,966	-687,519,852	-141,475,622	-147,795,721	-1,818,419,846
Change in Investments	-27,293,891	-105,187,228	62,078,480	9,499,831	-33,115,350	7,885,586	5,950,532	514,941	13,832,833	-104,001,389	119,217,418	59,415,888	-1,359,801	-1,263,150	13,091,575
cash flow from investments	-343,581,920	-274,984,142	-643,776,824	-1,127,079,024	-846,563,065	-366,934,880	-404,432,708	-170,446,037	-684,216,184	-1,171,317,021	-633,047,384	-746,935,740	-140,115,821	-146,532,571	-1,831,511,421
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	133,659,331	-133,659,331	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Short Term Loans	0	0	0	0	0	-36,396,724	36,396,724	0	-6,862,946	6,862,946	-5,922,416	5,922,416	0	0	0
Long term loans	-630,970,538	-11,241,614	-774,064,992	2,161,567,918	721,193,345	-89,348,471	75,456,624	53,889,640	-70,008,000	2,058,098,487	-280,692,369	489,622,158	-779,646,902	-627,629,188	1,426,981,736
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	170,185,439	2,305,531,025	0	-1,439,399,460	1,439,399,460	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other long term liabilities	-44,151,882	20,899,669	-20,692,827	-2,296,913	74,338,605	-102,365,787	42,841,978	37,109,217	-7,782,374	-125,960,377	151,419,410	-188,478	4,926,411	-17,673,627	17,673,627
share issue	17,660,753	-18,304,045	72,041,693	207,051,204	-286,862,467	38,151,954	66,681,092	-558,855,677	-24,137,755	-73,713,531	157,399,697	20,857,963	-122,164,767	-690,602	1,195,915,428
interest	-84,289,958	-59,404,352	-69,742,490	-48,283,263	-53,203,120	-39,819,964	-38,671,520	-29,761,905	-29,370,846	1,372,589	-4,612,243	1,184,482	-4,926,413	-9,338,231	-34,692,676
cash flow from financing	-571,566,186	2,237,480,683	-792,458,616	878,639,486	2,028,525,154	-363,438,323	182,704,898	-497,618,725	-138,161,921	1,866,660,114	17,592,079	517,398,541	-901,811,671	-655,331,648	2,605,878,115
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-38,532,552	-707,690,741	-361,741,263	1,148,518,199	-95,593,183	169,326,712	55,556,789	-20,160,027	28,924,632	-26,442,762	-15,150,842	-7,888,459	-15,560,114	3,188,458	125,679,125
overdraft	0	-376,302,882	118,025,751	205,802,822	-76,334,990	108,336,142	-41,954,253	26,873,229	8,788,688	-2,225,744	6,486,055	-165,930,066	152,949,971	6,029,232	29,456,045
change in cash	-38,532,552	-331,387,859	-479,767,014	942,715,377	-19,258,193	60,990,570	97,511,042	-47,033,256	20,135,944	-24,217,018	-21,636,897	158,041,607	-168,510,085	-2,840,774	96,223,080

Very Low Risk70 - 100

Low Risk50 - 70

Moderate Risk30 - 50

High Risk20 - 30

Very High Risk0 - 20

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SMITH & NEPHEW PLC group structure

Smith & Nephew Plc has 2 subsidiary companies.

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SMITH & NEPHEW PLC

00324357

2 subsidiaries

SMITH & NEPHEW UK LIMITED

04421171

SMITH & NEPHEW (OVERSEAS) LIMITED

00681251

SMITH & NEPHEW PLC Shareholders

undisclosed

100%

Smith & Nephew Plc currently has 11 directors. The longest serving directors include Ms Angela Risley (Sep 2017) and Mr Marc Owen (Oct 2017).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Ms Angela Risley	England	66 years	Sep 2017	-	Director
Mr Marc Owen	England	65 years	Oct 2017	-	Director
Mr Robert White	England	62 years	May 2020	-	Director
Dr Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsaess	England	61 years	Nov 2020	-	Director
Dr John Ma	England	62 years	Feb 2021	-	Director
Ms Joanna Hallas	England	54 years	Feb 2022	-	Director
Mr Deepak Nath	United Kingdom	52 years	Apr 2022	-	Director
The Hon Rupert Soames		65 years	Apr 2023	-	Director
Mr Jeremy Maiden	United Kingdom	63 years	Sep 2023	-	Director
Mr Simon Lowth	England	63 years	Jan 2024	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

4.5b

+6%

operating profit

341.2m

-6%

gross margin

68.9%

-2.34%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

4.2b

-0.01%

total assets

cash

242.4m

-0.14%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

00324357

Type

Public limited with Share Capital

industry

20590 - Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.

70100 - Activities of head offices

21100 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

incorporation date

February 1937

ultimate parent company

None

previous names

smith & nephew associated companies public limited company (June 1988)

address

building 5, croxley park, hatters lane, watford, hertfordshire, WD18 8YE

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