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Company No. 01865537 · Incorporated 22 Nov 1984

Sailbrand Limited

Registered name: SAILBRAND LIMITED

Part of Bid Corporation Limited group

Sailbrand Limited made £20.1m revenue and £204k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.

Sailbrand Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £20.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £204k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Southport; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Status
Active
Location
Southport, North West
Age
41 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jul 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£20.1m
Growth ▲2.9%
Profit
£204k
Growth ▼47.7%
Profit margin
1%
Gross 11.1%
Employees
80
Change ▲6.7%
Profit / employee
£2.5k
Revenue/employee £251k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jul 202331 Jul 202431 Jul 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.1m£19.5m£20.1m
Cost of sales£15.1m£17.1m£17.8m
Gross profit£2m£2.4m£2.2m
Operating profit£416k£591k£378k
Profit before tax£350k£524k£312k
Profit after tax£239k£390k£204k
Profit (best available)£239k£390k£204k
Staff costs£2.3m£2.8m£3m
Employees (average)657580
Ratios
Profit margin1.4%2%1%
Gross margin11.6%12.1%11.1%
Revenue per employee£262k£260k£251k
Profit per employee£3.7k£5.2k£2.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14.3%▲2.9%
Profit growth—▲63.2%▼47.7%
Headcount growth—▲15.4%▲6.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£70.7k£91.8k£355k
Net assets£1.4m£1.3m£378k
Fixed assets£719k£846k£803k
Current assets£3.3m£3.5m£3m
Debtors£1.5m£1.6m£1.9m
Deferred income£104k£138k£170k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
11.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£251k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.5%
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
▼70%
Now £378k
Cash at bank
▲286%
Now £355k
Headcount
▲7%
Now 80
Deferred income
▲24%
Now £170k
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £803k

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. Bid Corporation Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bidcorp (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Bidfresh Limited75–100%
  4. Sailbrand Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (8)

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 Jul 2025 (profit £204k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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