S.a.r. Metals Limited
Registered name: S.A.R. METALS LIMITED
Part of Suru International Dmcc groupS.a.r. Metals Limited made £31.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
S.a.r. Metals Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £31.3m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.3m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Immingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Immingham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.1m | £28.8m | £31m | £31.3m |
| Cost of sales | £34.5m | £23.7m | £25.7m | £24.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £5.1m | £5.3m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £386k | £306k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £447k | £537k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £5.1m | £554k | £548k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.1m | £554k | £548k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 60 | 62 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 17.8% | 17.1% | 21.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £798k | £480k | £500k | £497k |
| Profit per employee | £94.6k | £9.2k | £8.8k | £20.6k |
| Cash conversion | −72.3% | −506.3% | −1192% | 70.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33.1% | ▲7.7% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.1% | ▼1.1% | ▲136.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲3.3% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £941k | £1.6m | £320k |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £7.7m | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £671k | £785k | £704k | £676k |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £9.5m | £7.5m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.2m | £954k | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.4m | −£2m | −£3.7m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £497k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 70.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £320k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £676k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Suru International Dmcc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- S.a.r. Corporate Limited75–100%
- S.a.r. Metals Limitedthis 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 Nov 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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