Sonepar UK Limited
Registered name: SONEPAR UK LIMITED
Part of Sonepar International Sas groupSonepar UK Limited made £25.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Sonepar UK Limited reported £25.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, up 83% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 33 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 immediate parent company is Otra NV, a company registered in the Netherlands. Otra NV is the parent undertaking of the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared. The ”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£28k | £44k |
| Profit before tax | £13.5m | £25.3m |
| Profit after tax | £14m | £25.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £14m | £25.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £484k | £779k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲83.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £98.4m | £124m |
| Fixed assets | £145m | £145m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £286k | £326k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £779k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £124m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £326k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £145m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sonepar International Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sonepar UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Routeco LimitedRev. £109m · Profit £10m
- Mayflex Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Routeco Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £12.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £25.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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