Sopher + Co LLP
Registered name: SOPHER + CO LLP
Sopher + Co LLP made £20.7m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sopher + Co LLP’s revenue grew 10% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5m profit and 181 employees. The company is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Stephen Iseman, as Senior Statutory Auditor”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £14.9m | £18.8m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £7.7m | £9.3m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £7.2m | £9.5m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3.4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £3.4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £3.4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 152 | 174 | 181 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.6% | 22.6% | 25.3% | 24.4% |
| Gross margin | 51.9% | 48.1% | 50.6% | 50.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.5k | £97.8k | £108k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £22.3k | £22.1k | £27.3k | £27.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲26.3% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲41.3% | ▲6.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲14.5% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.8k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 181
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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