Save the Children (Sales) Limited
Registered name: SAVE THE CHILDREN (SALES) LIMITED
Part of Save the Children Fund groupSave the Children (Sales) Limited made £1.1m revenue and £262k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Save the Children (Sales) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £262k profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£355k | −£310k | −£375k |
| Gross profit | £878k | £796k | £722k |
| Operating profit | £203k | £238k | £262k |
| Profit before tax | £203k | £238k | £262k |
| Profit after tax | £203k | £238k | £262k |
| Profit (best available) | £203k | £238k | £262k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 21.5% | 23.9% |
| Gross margin | 71.2% | 72% | 65.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.9%
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Save the Children Fundultimate parent75–100%
- Save the Children (Sales) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy (Enterprises) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £262k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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