Sorbon Group Limited
Registered name: SORBON GROUP LIMITED
Sorbon Group Limited made £54.9m revenue and £12.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sorbon Group Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £54.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.9m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Buckinghamshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £45.9m | £54.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£33.3m | −£38.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £12.6m | £16.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.5m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £13.3m | £16.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £6.7m | £9.7m | £12.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £6.7m | £9.7m | £12.9m |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 4 | 83 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 21.2% | 23.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.5% | 29.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £552k | £653k |
| Profit per employee | £673k | £1.7m | £117k | £154k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲100.3% | ▲44.1% | ▲33% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | ▲1975% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £194m | £182m | — | — |
| Net assets | £105m | £111m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £114m | £114m | — | — |
| Current assets | £228m | £246m | — | — |
| Debtors | £680 | £9.6k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £7.9m | £5.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £653k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £154k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (17)
- Shanly Homes LimitedRev. £57.6m · Profit £4.8m
- Acacia Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boulters Meadow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brenard Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Intagroup Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingsway Homes (Berkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingsway LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Michael Shanly Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milestone So LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shanly Homes (Beaconsfield) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shanly Homes (Leatherhead) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shanly Homes (Staines) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sorbon Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unitcastle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vandawn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W.H. & C.F. Powell LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Well Road Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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