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Smith & Nephew PLC

UK company 00324357, incorporated on 17 February 1937.

Smith+Nephew Medical Devices and Advanced Wound Care | Global

Smith+Nephew is a global portfolio medical technology business. We design and make technology that takes the limits off living.

Company number
00324357
Incorporated
17 Feb 1937
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
17 February 1937

Company number 00324357

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Legal name
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
Company type
PLC
Region
East of England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

Smith & Nephew PLC
No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

4 events
18 Sep
2026

Capital Sale Or Transfer Treasury Shares With Date Currency Capital Figure

Capital

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Published 18 Sep 2026 23:16

18 Sep
2026

Capital Sale Or Transfer Treasury Shares With Date Currency Capital Figure

Capital

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Published 18 Sep 2026 23:08

25 Aug
2026

Capital Return Purchase Own Shares Treasury Capital Date

Capital

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Published 28 Aug 2026 00:27

17 Feb
1937

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

12 awards
First funded
2006
Funded years
2006, 2008, 2009
Age at first award
69 years

Projects

2009 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Device for Enrichment of Skeletal Stem Cells for Orthopaedic Applications

1 Mar 2009 to 28 Feb 2011

Awarded
£75,074
Total cost £636,756

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Digital Multi-channel Tibial Implants in Orthopedic Medicine

1 Oct 2008 to 30 Jun 2012

Awarded
£22,672
Total cost £932,610

The primary objective of this project is to develop low cost, metal-composite intramedullary (IM) nails for trauma application using high value manufacturing methods such as 3D printing, injection moulding and tape winding processing. Although there are significant patient and surgeon advantages to using composite materials in terms of improved visualizat...

2008 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

The design and manufacture of smart materials for orthopeadic applications

1 Jul 2008 to 30 Sep 2010

Awarded
£288,749
Total cost £993,417

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Smart antibacterial coatings for Orthopaedic implants

1 Apr 2008 to 31 Mar 2011

Awarded
£213,340
Total cost £426,680

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Nanoscale Polymer Ceramic Composites for Biomedical Applications

1 Apr 2008 to 30 Sep 2011

Awarded
£24,782
Total cost £56,050

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

High Performance Liquid Crystalline Bioresorbable Polymers

1 Jan 2008 to 31 Dec 2010

Awarded
£452,390
Total cost £904,782

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D

Development of an arthroscopic cartilage repair system

1 Dec 2006 to 30 Jun 2012

Awarded
£264,833
Total cost £602,864

The Leeds cartilage repair system provides a disease-modifying, minimally-invasive cartilage resurfacing therapy for patients whose articular disease is too severe for palliative treatment alone but who are too young to receive joint replacement implants. It consists of a biomaterial implant that features (i) a flexible and hence joint-contour-following s...

2006 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Development of a reabsorbable composite for orthapaedic trauma applictaions

1 Nov 2006 to 31 Oct 2008

Awarded
£385,486
Total cost £770,972

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

A Novel Bioadhesive Cement (BIOAD)

1 Oct 2006 to 30 Sep 2010

Awarded
£103,610
Total cost £372,430

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Enhancing the integration of tissue engineered cartilage during joint repair

1 Oct 2006 to 30 Sep 2009

Awarded
£28,519
Total cost £317,796

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Small Orthapedic Implants

1 Aug 2006 to 30 Sep 2008

Awarded
£187,750
Total cost £375,499

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D

Process Development and Scale up of a novel wound healing using dermal stem cells

1 May 2006 to 30 Apr 2009

Awarded
£0
Total cost £3,971

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

Collaborative R&D