Sun Mark Limited
Registered name: SUN MARK LIMITED
Part of R&R Asset Management Limited groupSun Mark Limited made £90.1m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Sun Mark Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £90.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.7m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in Greenford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Greenford, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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. From the filing: “Vinar N.V. (incorporated in Belgium) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £105m | £120m | £121m | £90.1m |
| Cost of sales | £95.2m | £106m | £108m | £82m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £13.6m | £12.8m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | −£17.8m | £3.9m | £1.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£18.1m | £3.2m | £121k | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£17.8m | £3.3m | £121k | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£17.8m | £3.3m | £121k | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 54 | 59 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −16.9% | 2.7% | 0.1% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 11.3% | 10.6% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | −£287k | £60.2k | £2.1k | £54k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲0.9% | ▼25.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼96.3% | ▲2130% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▲9.3% | ▼15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £891k | £468k | £182k |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £8.4m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £8.7m | £7.2m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £48.4m | £45.6m | £37.4m | £18.2m |
| Debtors | £9.2m | £17.5m | £16.8m | £10.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £4.3m | £661k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £182k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼84%
- Now £661k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £5.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- R&R Asset Management Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Sun Mark International Limited75–100%
- Sun Mark Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bulldog Power LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Sea, Air & Land Forwarding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sun Mark Gulf (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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