Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited
Registered name: SARTEX QUILTS & TEXTILES LIMITED
Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited made £6.5m revenue and £430k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited’s revenue fell 37% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £430k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soft furnishings” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £11.5m | £10.4m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £5.6m | £5m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.9m | £5.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £400k | £576k | £744k | £380k |
| Profit before tax | £376k | £576k | £867k | £522k |
| Profit after tax | £329k | £449k | £693k | £430k |
| Profit (best available) | £329k | £449k | £693k | £430k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 70 | 60 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 3.9% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 50.9% | 51.5% | 46% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £164k | £173k | £98.8k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £6.4k | £11.6k | £6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −169.6% | −282.6% | −184.9% | −131.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼9.6% | ▼37.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.3% | ▲54.4% | ▼37.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▼14.3% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.7m | £6.5m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.2m | £546k | £631k |
| Deferred income | £486k | £620k | £504k | £482k |
| Cash from operations | −£679k | −£1.6m | −£1.4m | −£500k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £482k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.6m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £430k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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