Stokes Sauces Ltd
Registered name: STOKES SAUCES LTD
Part of Suffolk Saucery Limited groupStokes Sauces Ltd made £14.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Stokes Sauces Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.1m profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of condiments and seasonings” and is based in Woodbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodbridge, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 parent undertaking is Suffolk Saucery Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. It's registered office address is Rendlesham Hall, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, IP12 2RG. Suffolk Saucery Limit”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.2m | £12.2m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7m | £8m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £491k | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £396k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £380k | £883k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £380k | £883k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 79 | 85 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.7% | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.5% | 34.5% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £129k | £144k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.8k | £10.4k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19.7% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲132.1% | ▲24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲7.6% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.9k | £6k | £233k | £5.2k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £961k | £831k | £801k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £84.3k | £159k | £344k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £5.2k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▲117%
- Now £344k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £801k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Suffolk Saucery Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stokes Sauces Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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