Sarval Limited
Registered name: SARVAL LIMITED
Part of Saria Limited groupSarval Limited made £62.9m revenue and a £2.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sarval Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £62.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.6m and 101 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £89.8m | £63.4m | £57.3m | £62.9m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | −£4.4m | −£5.2m | −£963k |
| Profit before tax | £5m | −£6.4m | −£8m | −£2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | −£5.5m | −£7.9m | −£2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | −£5.5m | −£7.9m | −£2.6m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £5.6m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 96 | 95 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −8.7% | −13.9% | −4.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £781k | £661k | £604k | £623k |
| Profit per employee | £35.4k | −£57.6k | −£83.6k | −£25.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.4% | ▼9.6% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼235.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▼1% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £690k | £677k | £84.8k | £289k |
| Net assets | −£7.3m | −£12.9m | −£20.8m | −£23.4m |
| Fixed assets | £11.8m | £13.4m | £12.1m | £11.5m |
| Current assets | £19m | £8.4m | £12m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £2m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £623k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£23.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲241%
- Now £289k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £11.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Saria Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sarval Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- T. Quality LimitedRev. £130m · Profit −£56.8k
- Refood UK LimitedRev. £45.6m · Profit £903k
- Nortech Foods LimitedRev. £25.1m · Profit £1.1m
- Sarval (Hartshill) LimitedRev. £23m · Profit −£4.5m
- Secanim LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit −£12.5m
- F D Statton & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Environmental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oleo Recycling 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 −£2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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