The Sage Group PLC.
Registered name: THE SAGE GROUP PLC.
The Sage Group PLC. made £2.5bn revenue and £369m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
The Sage Group PLC.’s revenue grew 8% to £2.5bn in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £369m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2bn | £2.3bn | £2.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£156m | −£168m | −£183m |
| Gross profit | £2bn | £2.2bn | £2.3bn |
| Operating profit | £315m | £452m | £530m |
| Profit before tax | £282m | £426m | £484m |
| Profit after tax | £211m | £323m | £369m |
| Profit (best available) | £211m | £323m | £369m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.7% | 13.9% | 14.7% |
| Gross margin | 92.9% | 92.8% | 92.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.1% | ▲14.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Interact UK Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sage Holding Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £101m
- Sage Treasury Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £369m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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