Trevor Sorbie International Limited
Registered name: TREVOR SORBIE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Beauty Brands Collective Limited groupTrevor Sorbie International Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £123k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Trevor Sorbie International Limited’s revenue was £5.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £123k and 116 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £9.7k | £52.5k |
| Profit before tax | £245k | −£123k |
| Profit (best available) | £245k | −£123k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 116 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.4k | £43.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼150.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | −£60.1k | £471 |
| Net assets | £319k | £196k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼39%
- Now £196k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £471
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 116
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Beauty Brands Collective Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Trevor Sorbie International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Trevor Sorbie (Hampstead) LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £261k
- Trevor Sorbie (Richmond) LimitedRev. £803k · Profit £87.3k
- Trevor Sorbie (Manchester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trevor Sorbie Brighton LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Strip LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit −£16.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£123k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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