Sherborne Upholstery Limited
Registered name: SHERBORNE UPHOLSTERY LIMITED
Part of Sherborne Upholstery Trustee Limited groupSherborne Upholstery Limited made £16.8m revenue and a £638k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Sherborne Upholstery Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £16.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £638k and 150 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Bradford West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 73 yrs · since 1953
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £26.2m | £23.1m | £19m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £19.7m | £17.6m | £14m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £5.5m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £793k | −£54.5k | −£373k | −£867k |
| Profit before tax | £866k | £200k | £22.3k | −£730k |
| Profit after tax | £710k | £499k | £678 | −£638k |
| Profit (best available) | £710k | £499k | £678 | −£638k |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £8.3m | £6.9m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 238 | 209 | 169 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.2% | 0% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 23.8% | 26% | 26.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £110k | £112k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £2.4k | £4 | −£4.3k |
| Cash conversion | 25.5% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▼17.6% | ▼11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.8% | ▼99.9% | ▼94166% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▼19.1% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £8.3m | £8.4m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £14.8m | £14.8m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £13m | £13m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £760k | £552k | £695k | £464k |
| Cash from operations | £202k | −£520k | — | −£171k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- 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
- ▼43%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £464k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sherborne Upholstery Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Sherborne Upholstery 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 Jun 2025 (profit −£638k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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