Sanford Deland Asset Management Ltd
Registered name: SANFORD DELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
Sanford Deland Asset Management Ltd made £2.5m revenue and a £355k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Sanford Deland Asset Management Ltd’s revenue fell 43% to £2.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £355k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EC Pohl & Co Pty Ltd, a company incorporated in Australia.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £10.1m | £6.3m | £4.5m | £2.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £1.8m | £1.4m | £907k |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £4.5m | £3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £2.7m | £1.4m | −£430k |
| Profit before tax | £5.4m | £3.1m | £1.7m | −£375k |
| Profit after tax | £4.3m | £2.4m | £1.2m | −£355k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.3m | £2.4m | £1.2m | −£355k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 42.9% | 37.9% | 27.1% | −14% |
| Gross margin | 72.9% | 71.8% | 67.7% | 64.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £703k | £499k | £282k |
| Profit per employee | £480k | £267k | £135k | −£39.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −108.4% | −101.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37.2% | ▼29.1% | ▼43.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.4% | ▼49.4% | ▼129.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4m | £7.6m | £4.9m | £810k |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £11.2m | £4.4m | £990k |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £4.2m | £1.6k | £6.6k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £8.2m | £5.3m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £682k | £474k | £316k | £149k |
| Deferred income | £764k | £785k | £636k | £15k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.9m | −£1.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £282k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£39.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▼78%
- Now £990k
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £810k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼98%
- Now £15k
- Fixed assets
- ▲309%
- Now £6.6k
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 Mar 2026 (profit −£355k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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