Sawday's Canopy & Stars Limited
Registered name: SAWDAY'S CANOPY & STARS LIMITED
Part of Sawday's Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupSawday's Canopy & Stars Limited made £3.1m revenue and £140k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sawday's Canopy & Stars Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £3.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £140k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other reservation service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1m | £554k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £485k | £94k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £457k | £140k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £457k | £140k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 26 | 27 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13.9% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 68.5% | 82.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £122k | £518k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £16.9k | £23.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼69.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲3.9% | ▼77.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £679k |
| Fixed assets | — | £321k | £433k | £225k |
| Current assets | — | £4.3m | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | — | £675k | £604k | £727k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £518k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- 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
- ▼43%
- Now £679k
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▼78%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼48%
- Now £225k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sawday's Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd75–100%
- Sawday's Canopy & Stars Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Crown and Canopy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sawday's Stay! 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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