Sarens (UK) Ltd
Registered name: SARENS (UK) LTD
Sarens (UK) Ltd made £67.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sarens (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £67.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 227 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- 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) | £83.5m | £70.8m | £67.4m |
| Cost of sales | £72.1m | £64.8m | £56.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.4m | £5.9m | £10.7m |
| Operating profit | £8.2m | £414k | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £8.4m | £1.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £894k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £894k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £16.8m | £19m | £19.9m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 214 | 227 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 8.4% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £422k | £331k | £297k |
| Profit per employee | £36.3k | £4.2k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.3% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.6% | ▲111.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £67k | £255k | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £16.5m | £17.4m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £17.4m | £16.6m | £20.7m |
| Current assets | £44.9m | £45.2m | £32.4m |
| Debtors | £11.7m | £6.9m | £6.8m |
| Deferred income | £3.2m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £297k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1016%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 227
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £20.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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