Sota Solutions Limited
Registered name: SOTA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Sota Solutions Limited made £11.2m revenue and a £131k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sota Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £131k and 74 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Sittingbourne; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sittingbourne, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.8m | £9.7m | £10.8m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.3m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.7m | £5.9m | £6.5m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.6m | £1.3m | £4.4k | −£139k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.6m | £1.2m | £4.4k | −£148k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.3m | £930k | −£7.6k | −£131k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.3m | £930k | −£7.6k | −£131k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.3m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 15% | 9.5% | −0.1% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 64.1% | 60.5% | 60.6% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £140k | £139k | £154k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | — | £21k | £13.3k | −£109 | −£1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲10.5% | ▲10.6% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼29.8% | ▼100.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲11.1% | 0% | ▲5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.8m | £1.8m | £775k | £840k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £901k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £911k | £800k |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £3.6m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £263k | £273k | £368k | £389k | £560k |
| Deferred income | £538k | £468k | £541k | £523k | £860k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £901k
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £840k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▲65%
- Now £860k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £800k
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 −£131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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