Sovereign Group Limited
Registered name: SOVEREIGN GROUP LIMITED
Part of Inwido Ab groupSovereign 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.
- 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.”
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&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) | £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) | 170 | 147 | 160 | 175 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 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 conversion | 164% | −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 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Inwido Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Inwido UK Limited50–75%
- Vale Street Holdings Limited75–100%
- Austhall Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sovereign Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sovereign Aluminium Frames 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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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