Sexton Holdings Limited
Registered name: SEXTON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Sexton Holdings Limited made £128m revenue and £242k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sexton Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £128m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £242k profit and 197 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Littlehampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Littlehampton, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £118m | £127m | £128m |
| Cost of sales | £110m | £120m | £122m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £7.3m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £705k | £984k |
| Profit before tax | £691k | −£343k | £14k |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £503k | £242k |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £503k | £242k |
| Staff costs | £8m | £8.2m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 201 | 204 | 197 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 5.7% | 4.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £586k | £624k | £651k |
| Profit per employee | £15k | £2.5k | £1.2k |
| Cash conversion | −50.1% | 92.8% | 52.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.3% | ▼51.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £34k | £64k | £27k |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £12.8m | £12.9m | £13.2m |
| Current assets | £81k | £143k | £131k |
| Debtors | £47k | £79k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | −£696k | £654k | £520k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £651k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 52.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £27k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 197
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £13.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Azur Auto LimitedRev. £29.2m · Profit −£79k
- Axtell Automobile Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Birchwood Intermediate 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 2025 (profit £242k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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