Sauter Automation Limited
Registered name: SAUTER AUTOMATION LIMITED
Sauter Automation Limited made £29.2m revenue and £862k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sauter Automation Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £862k profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £22.7m | £25.4m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.3m | −£20m | −£21.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.4m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £840k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £862k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £850k | £648k | £862k |
| Profit (best available) | £850k | £648k | £862k |
| Employees (average) | 132 | 137 | 136 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 21.4% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £185k | £214k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £4.7k | £6.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▲33% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £214k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wren Environmental 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 £862k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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