Solent Global Limited
Registered name: SOLENT GLOBAL LIMITED
Part of Humble Group Ab (Publ) groupSolent Global Limited made £115m revenue and £8.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Solent Global Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £115m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.4m profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Lymington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lymington, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £106m | £119m | £115m |
| Cost of sales | −£81m | −£89.2m | −£86.5m |
| Gross profit | £25.4m | £29.5m | £28.2m |
| Operating profit | £11.1m | £13m | £12m |
| Profit before tax | £11m | £13.7m | £11.9m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £10m | £8.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £10m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 159 | 158 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 8.5% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 24.9% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £755k | £746k | £726k |
| Profit per employee | £57.7k | £63.2k | £53.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.4% | ▼16.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £726k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Humble Group Ab (Publ) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Solent Global Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Superfood Group LtdRev. £20.1m · Profit £1.7m
- Jxpo LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solent Global Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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