The Sainsbury Archive
Registered name: THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE
The Sainsbury Archive made £294k revenue and £11.6k profit in the year to 28 Mar 2025.
The Sainsbury Archive’s revenue grew 2% to £294k in the year to 28 Mar 2025, with £11.6k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “archives activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. 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 Mar 2024 | 28 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £289k | £294k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £289k | £294k |
| Operating profit | £3.4k | £11.6k |
| Profit before tax | £3.4k | £11.6k |
| Profit after tax | £3.4k | £11.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4k | £11.6k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲237.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £383k | £390k |
| Net assets | £236k | £247k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £383k | £390k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £144k | £139k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 47.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £247k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £390k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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 28 Mar 2025 (profit £11.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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