Sopp and Sopp Limited
Registered name: SOPP AND SOPP LIMITED
Part of Elysian Capital LLP groupSopp and Sopp Limited made £117m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Sopp and Sopp Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £117m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.5m profit and 226 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities incidental to land transportation,” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The company's”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.6m | £64.8m | £83.3m | £117m |
| Cost of sales | £39.6m | £57.2m | −£71.6m | −£98.9m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £7.6m | £11.6m | £18.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £816k | £2.1m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £957k | £472k | £1.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £823k | £376k | £1.4m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £823k | £376k | £1.4m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 124 | 147 | 226 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 11.7% | 14% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £412k | £522k | £566k | £518k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £3k | £9.4k | £15.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39% | ▲28.5% | ▲40.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.3% | ▲266.6% | ▲151.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲18.6% | ▲53.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £710k | — | — |
| Net assets | £878k | £504k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £374k | £305k | — | — |
| Current assets | £22.1m | £36.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £9.5m | £10.1m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £347k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £518k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲54%
- Now 226
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elysian Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Elysian Capital GP III (Scotland) Limited50–75%
- Elysian Capital GP III LLP75–100%
- Activate Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Silvact Midco Limited75–100%
- Silvact Bidco Limited75–100%
- Activate Group Limited75–100%
- Sopp and Sopp Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Motor Repair Network LtdRev. £36.3m · Profit £549k
- Activate Parts LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit −£6.6k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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