SK Sales Limited
Registered name: SK SALES LIMITED
SK Sales Limited made £12.8m revenue and a £948k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
SK Sales Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £948k and 52 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is AirVance”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £15.1m | £13.6m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £10.6m | £9.3m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | −£478k | −£1.4m | −£990k | −£890k |
| Profit before tax | −£507k | −£1.4m | −£1m | −£948k |
| Profit after tax | −£645k | −£1.4m | −£1m | −£948k |
| Profit (best available) | −£645k | −£1.4m | −£1m | −£948k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 57 | 56 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −9.6% | −7.5% | −7.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 29.9% | 31.5% | 32.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £294k | £264k | £244k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.5k | −£25.4k | −£18.4k | −£18.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼9.4% | ▼6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼1.8% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £434k | £123k | £176k | £243k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £1.8m | £812k | −£136k |
| Fixed assets | £305k | £266k | £163k | £219k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £4.7m | £4.5m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £273k | £285k | £324k | £419k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▼117%
- Now −£136k
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £243k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £419k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £219k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£948k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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