SGN Limited
Registered name: SGN LIMITED
Part of Essar Oil (UK) Limited groupSGN Limited made £452m revenue and £18.1m profit in the year to 29 Mar 2026.
SGN Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £452m in the year to 29 Mar 2026, with £18.1m profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Dunmow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunmow, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 30 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 | 30 Mar 2025 | 29 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £468m | £449m | £449m | £452m |
| Cost of sales | −£413m | −£393m | −£393m | −£389m |
| Gross profit | £54.7m | £56.2m | £56.2m | £62.7m |
| Operating profit | £32.5m | £31.5m | £31.5m | £33.9m |
| Profit before tax | £22.7m | £23.7m | £23.7m | £24.7m |
| Profit after tax | £16.7m | £17.5m | £17.5m | £18.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.7m | £17.5m | £17.5m | £18.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 13.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | — | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.4% | — | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Essar Oil (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eet Retail Holding Limited75–100%
- Eet Retail Finco Limited75–100%
- Eet Retail Investments Limited75–100%
- Eet Retail Limited75–100%
- SGN Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Rusdene Services LimitedRev. £32.5m · Profit £1.1m
- Global Fuel (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Starbridge Property Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TG Convenience Stores LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Essar Retail Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Mar 2026 (profit £18.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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