SG No. 5 Ltd
Registered name: SG NO. 5 LTD
Part of SG Northern England Limited groupSG No. 5 Ltd made £772k revenue and a £17.3k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
SG No. 5 Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £772k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £17.3k and 15 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 Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £570k | £799k | £772k |
| Cost of sales | £307k | £434k | £413k |
| Gross profit | £263k | £366k | £359k |
| Operating profit | £22k | £43.9k | −£620 |
| Profit before tax | £21.8k | £26.8k | −£22.7k |
| Profit after tax | £17.4k | £20.2k | −£17.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £17.4k | £20.2k | −£17.3k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 2.5% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 46.1% | 45.8% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.3k | £57.1k | £51.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.4k | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼185.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲55.6% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £37.2k | £142k | £105k |
| Net assets | £17.4k | £37.7k | £16.6k |
| Fixed assets | £188k | £193k | £164k |
| Current assets | £385k | £455k | £469k |
| Debtors | £184k | £117k | £191k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- 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
- ▼56%
- Now £16.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £105k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £164k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SG Northern England Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SG No. 5 Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (15)
- SG No. 4 LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £333k
- SG No. 8 LtdRev. £1.5m · Profit £188k
- SG No. 9 LtdRev. £1.2m · Profit −£22.6k
- SG No. 7 LtdRev. £1.2m · Profit £32.6k
- SG No. 6 LtdRev. £1.1m · Profit £55.2k
- SG Metro Newcastle LtdRev. £984k · Profit £122k
- SG No. 3 LtdRev. £968k · Profit £62.5k
- SG Victoria Nottingham LimitedRev. £923k · Profit £15.5k
- SG No. 10 LtdRev. £544k · Profit −£1.5k
- SG No. 11 LtdRev. £458k · Profit −£27.1k
- SG No. 12 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£15.8k
- SG No. 13 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£796
- SG No. 14 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5k
- SG No. 15 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5k
- SG No. 16 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£17.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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