Satra
Registered name: SATRA
Satra made a £127k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Satra reported a loss of £127k in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 107 yrs · since 1919
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£351k | £136k | £29.7k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | −£351k | £136k | £29.7k | −£127k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼78.2% | ▼527.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £150k | £80.1k | £92k | £90.4k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.7m | £8m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £8.9m | £7.9m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £182k | £187k | £208k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £5.8k | £11.8k | £18.4k | £6.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £90.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼62%
- Now £6.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £7.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Satra Technology Centre LimitedRev. £13.8m · Profit £498k
- Hampden Test Equipment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Satra Quality Assurance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Satra Services 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 −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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