Sorbet Topco Limited
Registered name: SORBET TOPCO LIMITED
Sorbet Topco Limited made £73.6m revenue and a £387k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Sorbet Topco Limited’s revenue was £73.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £387k and 96 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Bath; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.5m | £73.6m |
| Cost of sales | £29m | £39.7m |
| Gross profit | £21.5m | £33.9m |
| Operating profit | £8.6m | £6.8m |
| Profit before tax | £5.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£419k | −£387k |
| Profit (best available) | −£419k | −£387k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £14m |
| Employees (average) | — | 96 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.8% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 42.6% | 46.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £766k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£4k |
| Cash conversion | 123.3% | −16.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £790k | £51.1k |
| Net assets | £13.7m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £71.7m | £68.6m |
| Current assets | £29.7m | £38.1m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £14.6m |
| Cash from operations | £10.6m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £766k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −16.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 93.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- —
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £51.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £68.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£387k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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