Sam Cox Limited
Registered name: SAM COX LIMITED
Part of Sam Cox Holdings Limited groupSam Cox Limited made £927k revenue and a £351k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Sam Cox Limited’s revenue fell 61% to £927k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with a loss of £351k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Tenterden; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tenterden, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.2m | £2.4m | £927k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £108k | £235k | £277k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £2.1m | £651k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.9m | £1m | −£475k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.9m | £1m | −£434k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.5m | £808k | −£351k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.5m | £808k | −£351k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 47.5% | 34% | −37.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 96.6% | 90.1% | 70.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £350k | £216k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £166k | £73.4k | −£43.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼24.6% | ▼61% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼46% | ▼143.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% | ▲22.2% | ▼27.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £587k | £295k | £209k | £52.1k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £591k | £2.6m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £5m | £890k | £415k | £272k | £110k |
| Debtors | £30.6k | £303k | £0 | £53.3k | £17.3k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £5.2k | £5.3k | £5.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 407.3%
- 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
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £52.1k
- Headcount
- ▼27%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £5.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3.8m
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
- Sam Cox Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sam Cox Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sam Cox IP 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 Jan 2026 (profit −£351k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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