Sodra Wood Limited
Registered name: SODRA WOOD LIMITED
Sodra Wood Limited made £125m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sodra Wood Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £125m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Cirencester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cirencester, South West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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: “Södra Skogsägarna Ekonomisk förening”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £103m | £125m |
| Cost of sales | £97.6m | £118m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £7.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.4% | 5.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Profit per employee | £63.5k | £110k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲67.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £21.9m | £24m |
| Fixed assets | £634k | £675k |
| Current assets | £33.2m | £36.3m |
| Debtors | £12.3m | £12.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £110k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £24m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £675k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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