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Company No. 01128100 · Incorporated 10 Aug 1973

Sorbon Estates Limited

Registered name: SORBON ESTATES LIMITED

Part of Sorbon Investments Limited group

Sorbon Estates Limited made £16.4m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Sorbon Estates Limited’s revenue fell 39% to £16.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £4.3m profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 41100Development of building projectsSIC 68100Buying and selling of own real estateSIC 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Status
Active
Location
Beaconsfield, South East
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£16.4m
Growth ▼39%
Profit
£4.3m
Growth ▼56.5%
Profit margin
26.1%
Gross 81%
Employees
47
Change ▲4.4%
Profit / employee
£91.2k
Revenue/employee £349k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£26.9m£16.4m
Cost of sales£10.1m£3.1m
Gross profit£16.8m£13.3m
Operating profit£14.6m£9.9m
Profit before tax£13.3m£6m
Profit after tax£9.9m£4.3m
Profit (best available)£9.9m£4.3m
Staff costs£2.6m£2.5m
Employees (average)4547
Ratios
Profit margin36.6%26.1%
Gross margin62.6%81%
Revenue per employee£598k£349k
Profit per employee£219k£91.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼39%
Profit growth—▼56.5%
Headcount growth—▲4.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£117m£122m
Fixed assets£168m£177m
Current assets£34.4m£51m
Debtors£418k£698k
Deferred income£3.1m£3.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
26.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
81%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£349k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£91.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1077%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
22%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.3%
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
▲4%
Now £122m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲4%
Now 47
Deferred income
▲16%
Now £3.6m
Fixed assets
▲5%
Now £177m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sorbon Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sorbon Estates Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (13)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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