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Company No. 01089940 · Incorporated 5 Jan 1973

Sovereign Group Limited

Registered name: SOVEREIGN GROUP LIMITED

Part of Inwido Ab group

Sovereign Group Limited made £23.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Sovereign Group Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 175 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Lancs; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Lancs, North West
Age
53 yrs · since 1973
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 immediate parent company is Austhall Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£23.5m
Growth ▲21.8%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▼1%
Profit margin
5.8%
Gross 27.4%
Employees
175
Change ▲9.4%
Profit / employee
£7.9k
Revenue/employee £135k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£19.7m£20.4m£19.3m£23.5m
Cost of sales£15.3m£15m£13.5m£17.1m
Gross profit£4.4m£5.4m£5.8m£6.5m
Operating profit£742k£1.5m£1.8m£1.8m
Profit before tax£707k£1.4m£1.7m£1.8m
Profit after tax£574k£1m£1.4m£1.4m
Profit (best available)£574k£1m£1.4m£1.4m
Staff costs——£4.8m£5.7m
Employees (average)170147160175
Ratios
Profit margin2.9%4.9%7.2%5.8%
Gross margin22.2%26.3%30.2%27.4%
Revenue per employee£116k£139k£121k£135k
Profit per employee£3.4k£6.8k£8.7k£7.9k
Cash conversion164%−199.5%−183.7%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.3%▼5.1%▲21.8%
Profit growth—▲74.8%▲38.4%▼1%
Headcount growth—▼13.5%▲8.8%▲9.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£576k£1.9m£3.5m£2.9m
Net assets£4.3m£4.3m£4.4m£5.6m
Fixed assets£350k£319k£519k£1m
Current assets£7.9m£7.3m£7.9m£9.9m
Debtors£3.7m£2.6m£2.2m£3.9m
Deferred income£762k£0£100k£100k
Cash from operations£1.2m−£2.9m−£3.2m—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
27.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£135k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲27%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼16%
Now £2.9m
Headcount
▲9%
Now 175
Deferred income
0%
Now £100k
Fixed assets
▲94%
Now £1m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Inwido Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Inwido UK Limited50–75%
  3. Vale Street Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Austhall Holdings Limited75–100%
  5. Sovereign Group Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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