Sanders and Sanders Limited
Registered name: SANDERS AND SANDERS LIMITED
Sanders and Sanders Limited made £4.2m revenue and a £79.1k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Sanders and Sanders Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £4.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £79.1k and 94 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of footwear” and is based in Northants; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northants, East Midlands
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.1m | £5.1m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.8m | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.4m | £1.2m | £919k |
| Operating profit | — | £149k | £41k | −£103k |
| Profit before tax | — | £152k | £41.9k | −£101k |
| Profit after tax | — | £122k | £29.6k | −£79.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £122k | £29.6k | −£79.1k |
| Employees (average) | — | 100 | 96 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.4% | 0.6% | −1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.8% | 23% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £51.4k | £53.1k | £45.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.2k | £308 | −£842 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0.8% | ▼16.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼75.8% | ▼367.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼4% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £978k | £177k | £43.8k | £292k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £175k | £621k | £590k | £556k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £517k | £763k | £679k | £234k |
| Deferred income | £62.4k | £127k | £72.9k | £13.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£842
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲568%
- Now £292k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▼82%
- Now £13.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £556k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£79.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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