Sandon Global Engraving Technology Limited
Registered name: SANDON GLOBAL ENGRAVING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Sandon Global Engraving Technology Limited made £5.8m revenue and a £884k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sandon Global Engraving Technology Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £884k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and coating of metals” and is based in Runcorn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Runcorn, North West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £7.3m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £2.4m | −£2.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £4.9m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £115k | −£135k | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | £309k | £101k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | £341k | £101k | −£884k |
| Profit (best available) | £341k | £101k | −£884k |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 76 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 1.4% | −15.2% |
| Gross margin | 70.7% | 66.8% | 64.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £96.1k | £79.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £1.3k | −£12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼20.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.5% | ▼977.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £121k | £52.4k | — |
| Net assets | £7m | £6.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £9m | £8.6m | — |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.5m | — |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.6m | — |
| Deferred income | £176k | £96.5k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.1k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£884k), 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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