Sonic Megastore Limited
Registered name: SONIC MEGASTORE LIMITED
Part of Sonic Direct Holdings Limited groupSonic Megastore Limited made £13.2m revenue and £148k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Sonic Megastore Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £148k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores” and is based in Bradford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £14.3m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £9.6m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £493k | £796k | £203k |
| Profit before tax | £514k | £814k | £202k |
| Profit after tax | £420k | £616k | £148k |
| Profit (best available) | £420k | £616k | £148k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 58 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 4.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 32.6% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £274k | £246k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £10.6k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | −160.7% | −181.8% | 132.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.7% | ▼76% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £627k | £910k | £868k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £186k | £145k | £283k |
| Cash from operations | −£792k | −£1.4m | £269k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 132.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £868k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sonic Direct Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sonic Megastore Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sonic Direct LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Viva Enterprises LimitedRetail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £13.1m
- Profit
- £221k
- Staff
- 54
- SZ&W LimitedMaldon · Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £13.1m
- Profit
- £15.7k
- Staff
- 48
- Tekzone Sound and Vision LimitedDorking · Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £14m
- Profit
- £262k
- Staff
- 51
- Gillmans Electrical LimitedGloucester · Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £14.5m
- Profit
- £751k
- Staff
- 79
- Basil Knipe Electrics LimitedBallymoney · Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £11.6m
- Profit
- £475k
- Staff
- 47
- Vesync (UK) LimitedBoston · Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- Revenue
- £17.1m
- Profit
- £325k
- Staff
- 6
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.