Sarant Ltd
Registered name: SARANT LTD
Sarant Ltd made £18.2m revenue and £550k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Sarant Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £550k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £19.1m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £14m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £877k | £820k | £860k |
| Profit before tax | £815k | £748k | £812k |
| Profit after tax | £501k | £612k | £550k |
| Profit (best available) | £501k | £612k | £550k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 73 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 26.7% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £254k | £262k | £243k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £8.4k | £7.3k |
| Cash conversion | 142.6% | 125.4% | 126.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22% | ▼10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £375k | £324k | £223k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £7.8m | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £8.9m | £10m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £243k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £223k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.5m
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 31 Oct 2024 (profit £550k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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