TXT In plain English
Company description
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 17 February 1937; registered for 89 years; registered office reported in WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 20590 · Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c., with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 3 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
- Company number
- 00324357
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 0 outstanding · 5 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
28 February 2026Next statement due
14 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
LEI 213800ZTMDN8S67S1H61 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 February 1937
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 January 2014
- LEI last updated
- 30 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 29 May 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- BUILDING 5, CROXLEY PARK, HATTERS LANE, WATFORD, GB-HRT, WD18 8YE, GB
- Headquarters address
- BUILDING 5, CROXLEY PARK, HATTERS LANE, WATFORD, GB-HRT, WD18 8YE, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 26 February 2026
- Sectors
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 31 March 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Procurement staff Your suppliers Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
measuring performance
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Smith & Nephew Plc
Registration Z6562707
- Registered from
- 20 March 2002
- Current end date
- 19 March 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Wound Closure Products
COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP LLP · ocds-b5fd17-49f46a0c-ad1c-4c6c-b7f8-6afea8f93d1a
- Supplier named in award
- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
- Award value
- £230,000,000
- Contract period
- 27 October 2021 – 26 October 2023
- Published
- 18 June 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33140000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-49f46a0c-ad1c-4c6c-b7f8-6afea8f93d1a-2021-06-18T10:39:29+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2025
smith&nephew
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 9 April 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 April 2025
smith&nephew
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 3,5,9,10,44
- Filed / designated
- 14 March 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 March 2023
SMITH + NEPHEW WOUND BED PREPARATION
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 10 November 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 November 2021
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 29 February 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2021
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 29 February 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2021
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 11
- Filed / designated
- 29 February 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2021
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 21 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
LICRYST
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2017
HICRYST
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2017
LIQUICRYST
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2017
CRYSTSORB
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2016
TUFSORB
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2016
SMARTNAIL
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 10
- Filed / designated
- 15 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 September 2016
NANOSURE
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,9,10,16,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 15 December 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 December 2015
SAFESTEPS
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,9,10,16,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 27 September 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 September 2015
VESYN
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2012
MEDESIVE
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2012
VESIVE
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2012
VESEAL
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2012
TRANCYTE
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 24 November 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 November 2007
EPIGEN
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5,10
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2017
EPIGEN
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 10
- Filed / designated
- 27 March 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 March 2009
SOUTHALLS
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2007
SMITH + NEPHEW
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2017
SMITH + NEPHEW
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 3,10
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2017
SMITH AND NEPHEW
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 22 February 1985
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 February 2016
SOUTHALLS
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 18 November 1983
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 November 2004
EPIGEN
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 2 September 1983
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 September 2014
Figurative mark
Owner Smith & Nephew Plc · classes 21
- Filed / designated
- 18 May 1973
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 May 2008
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 31 July 2017
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Maintenance Agreement for Coblator Control Unit
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 13 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
ENT Coblation system
MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 3 April 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Activities of head offices
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.