Sandburn York Limited
Registered name: SANDBURN YORK LIMITED
Sandburn York Limited made £7.6m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Sandburn York Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £7.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £1.2m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “other holiday and other collective accommodation” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 ultimate holding company throughout this and the prior year is Cromwell Holdings Limited, registered in Guernsey, company number 35488.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £7.4m | £7.7m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.9m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1m | £1m | £331k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £883k | £801k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £883k | £801k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 140 | 143 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.6% | 10.9% | 14.6% | 15.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 25.9% | 26.6% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £59k | £52.5k | £53.7k | £55.8k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £5.7k | £7.8k | £8.8k |
| Cash conversion | −149.5% | −169.5% | −152% | −291.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲4.5% | ▼1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.2% | ▲39.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲2.1% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £10.3m | £11.1m | £12.3m | £13.5m |
| Fixed assets | £15.2m | £16.6m | £18.4m | £17.5m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £4.3k | £12.6k | £17k | £52.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£964k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −291.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 230.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £17.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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