Sino International Trading Limited
Registered name: SINO INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED
Part of Lui Holdings limited groupSino International Trading Limited made £14.8m revenue and £269k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Sino International Trading Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £14.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £269k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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's ultimate parent undertaking at the balance sheet date was Lui Group Limited, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Copies of the financial statements of Lui Group L”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £22.1m | £16m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £19.1m | £14.8m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2m | £403k | £415k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.9m | £289k | £361k |
| Profit after tax | £868k | £1.5m | £215k | £269k |
| Profit (best available) | £868k | £1.5m | £215k | £269k |
| Staff costs | £650k | £479k | £456k | £430k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 6.7% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £2.8m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | £86.8k | £185k | £26.9k | £33.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.9% | ▼27.5% | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲70.7% | ▼85.5% | ▲25.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £963k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £510k | £6.9k | £5.1k | £3.6k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7m | £5.6m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £963k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £3.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lui Holdings limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sino International Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Chilli Kingdom LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Medal Meats LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Papparich UK LimitedFigures 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 31 May 2025 (profit £269k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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