Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited
Registered name: SUNRISE RECORDS AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Part of DKB Group Holdings Limited groupSunrise Records and Entertainment Limited made £203m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 30 May 2025.
Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £203m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £4m profit and 1,570 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 May 2022 | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2024 | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £151m | £178m | £190m | £203m |
| Cost of sales | £85.4m | £101m | −£109m | −£116m |
| Gross profit | £65.4m | £76.7m | £80.7m | £86.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4.9m | £5.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £5.3m | £4.9m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Staff costs | £24.5m | £26.1m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 1,136 | 1,375 | 1,544 | 1,570 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 43.1% | 42.6% | 42.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £129k | £123k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £2.7k | £2.5k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▲6.6% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲85.4% | ▲7% | ▲2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21% | ▲12.3% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.5m | £8.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1k | £1k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £16.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £4.1m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £12.1m | £11.8m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | −£5.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 1,570
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- DKB Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- DKB Property Holdings Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DKB Toys & Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Piuk001 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Putman Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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