TXT In plain English
Company description
SMITHS METAL CENTRES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 December 1997; registered for 28 years; registered office reported in LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 46720 · Wholesale of metals and metal ores.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 12 trade marks, 1 procurement record, 1 other public-register record. 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
- SMITHS METAL CENTRES LIMITED
- Company number
- 03485838
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 8 total · 1 outstanding · 7 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 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
20 October 2025Next statement due
3 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -55.6%
- Mean bonus gap
- 22.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 74.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 80.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 22.1%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 36.4%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 26.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 19.5%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 499-8.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-3.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-8.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4991.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-3.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-7.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-4.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 23 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 15 days
- Longest standard term
- 120 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £5,273,285
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £11,794,256
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £17,482,688
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 42.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 120 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
One of Smith Metal Centres' core value is strict adherence to agreed supplier terms. The company negotiates payment terms with suppliers on individual basis. Standard payment terms range from 15 days to 90 days following month end
- Dispute resolution process
Supplier queries are resolved in a timely and professional manner by a dedicated Accounts Payable Team
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 57.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 57.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Smiths Metal Centres Limited
16 July 2015 · Extractive and utility supply industries
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Smiths Metal Centres Limited
Registration Z5584076
- Registered from
- 1 August 2001
- Current end date
- 31 July 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
FM22088- Raw Materials.Metals.Copper, Steel, Brass, Aluminium Etc
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-74c2c2fa-fedc-43bf-a5c4-28a74c9baabf
- Supplier named in award
- Thames Stockholders (a division of Smiths Metal Centres Ltd)
- Award value
- £18,113.50
- Contract period
- 6 April 2022 – 21 April 2022
- Published
- 8 April 2022
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 14700000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-74c2c2fa-fedc-43bf-a5c4-28a74c9baabf-2022-04-08T09:37:13+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
SIGMABRONZE
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 29 March 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 March 2022
THAMES STOCKHOLDERS
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2021
ADVANCED METALS INTERNATIONAL
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2021
SMITHS METAL CENTRES
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2021
METAL PRODUCT SERVICES
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2021
J SMITH & SONS (CLERKENWELL)
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2021
KASTAL 100
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 2 January 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 January 2028
AMINOX
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 23 September 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 September 2018
FERRINOX
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 19 November 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 November 2026
SIGMACHIP
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 4 October 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 October 2026
KASTAL 200
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2026
S
Owner Smiths Metal Centres Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 29 September 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 September 2027
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
Cobham Aluminium & Stainless Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 07543335
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 23 June 2017
- Ceased
- 23 June 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
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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
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
0 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.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
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.