Sauer Compressors UK Limited
Registered name: SAUER COMPRESSORS UK LIMITED
Sauer Compressors UK Limited made £12.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sauer Compressors UK Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.7m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.4m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 23 | 27 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 16% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 40.5% | 40.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £396k | £448k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £63.1k | £63k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −87.2% | −90.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼0.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲17.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £672k | £1.3m | £767k | £760k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £467k | £515k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £5.3m | £5.9m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.4m | £3.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.8m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £448k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £63k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −90.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £760k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Gas & Air Services (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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