Saka Ltd
Registered name: SAKA LTD
Part of Jagota Holdings Ltd groupSaka Ltd made £31.4m revenue and a £352k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Saka Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £31.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £352k and 64 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “The parent company is Aslan Group Ltd, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. The registered office is 48 - 52 Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, L18 1DG. New F”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.4m | £29.3m | £30.3m | £31.4m |
| Cost of sales | £25.8m | £26.5m | £27.4m | £28.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £310k | −£256k | £1.3m | £854k |
| Profit before tax | £269k | −£403k | £1.1m | −£190k |
| Profit after tax | £249k | −£276k | £915k | −£352k |
| Profit (best available) | £249k | −£276k | £915k | −£352k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 57 | 61 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −0.9% | 3% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 5.8% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £457k | £513k | £496k | £491k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | −£4.8k | £15k | −£5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲3.4% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼211.1% | — | ▼138.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5% | ▲7% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £126k | £77.7k | £82.6k | £202k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £573k | £678k | £628k | £537k |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £6m | £8.2m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £230k | £69.4k | £134k | £109k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £491k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲144%
- Now £202k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £109k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £537k
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
- Jagota Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- New Foods of Liverpool Ltd75–100%
- Saka Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Green Food (NW) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- The Best Deals LtdFigures 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£352k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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