The 4B Group Limited
Registered name: THE 4B GROUP LIMITED
Part of Sintons Limited Liability Partnership groupThe 4B Group Limited made £109m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The 4B Group Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £109m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.4m profit and 189 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Seaham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Seaham
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £122m | £104m | £109m |
| Cost of sales | −£110m | −£88.7m | −£93.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £15.6m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £5.3m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 185 | 189 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 14.9% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £733k | £564k | £578k |
| Profit per employee | £18.5k | £22.1k | £23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33% | ▲6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £578k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- 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 189
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sintons Limited Liability Partnershipultimate parent75–100%
- Sintons Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- The 4B Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Prima Cheese LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prima Futures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prima Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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