Sonneveld UK Limited
Registered name: SONNEVELD UK LIMITED
Part of Sonneveld Group B.V. groupSonneveld UK Limited made £5.8m revenue and £272k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sonneveld UK Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £272k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Thirsk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thirsk, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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 immediate parent company is Sonneveld Group B.V., a company incorporated in The Netherlands, which holds 60% of the share capital of the company.”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £734k | £734k | £944k | £1m |
| Operating profit | £179k | £95.4k | £348k | £401k |
| Profit before tax | £162k | £69.5k | £325k | £364k |
| Profit after tax | £130k | £54.7k | £243k | £272k |
| Profit (best available) | £130k | £54.7k | £243k | £272k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1% | 4.7% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 13.2% | 18.3% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £924k | £1m | £964k |
| Profit per employee | £26k | £9.1k | £48.6k | £45.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼6.7% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58% | ▲344.6% | ▲12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▼16.7% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £249k | £346k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £677k | £732k | £575k | £566k |
| Fixed assets | £25.3k | £13.2k | £1.6k | £1.5k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £834k | £738k | £867k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £964k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £566k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £1.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sonneveld Group B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Sonneveld UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Credin A/S (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 £272k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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