Sonocent Ltd
Registered name: SONOCENT LTD
Part of Sonocent Holdings Ltd groupSonocent Ltd made £9.6m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sonocent Ltd’s revenue grew 36% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 131 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Ultimate Controlling Party is Mr D Tucker-Diaz, the majority shareholder in Sonocent Holdings Ltd.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.1m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £193k | £272k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.9m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£3.4m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£3.3m | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£3.3m | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£3.3m | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7.7m | £9.4m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 96 | 114 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −46% | −12.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 97.3% | 97.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £62.2k | £73.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£28.6k | −£9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲36% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲14.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.5m | £4.3m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | −£1.1m | −£6.7m | −£10.2m | −£11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £116k | £182k | £181k | £150k |
| Current assets | £3m | £4.2m | £5.9m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £620k | £826k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £5.8m | £13.3m | £17.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 184.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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 −£11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £17.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £150k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sonocent Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Sonocent Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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