Sturgess Newton Baker LLP
Registered name: STURGESS NEWTON BAKER LLP
Part of Sturgess Trading Group Limited groupSturgess Newton Baker LLP made £16.9m revenue and a £64.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Sturgess Newton Baker LLP’s revenue fell 12% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £64.4k and 20 employees. The company is based in Leicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18.7m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £539k | £651k |
| Operating profit | −£50k | £61.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£163k | −£64.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£163k | −£64.4k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £960k | £846k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.1k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £206k | £18.3k |
| Net assets | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £391k | £0 |
| Current assets | £3m | £133k |
| Debtors | £90.5k | £25.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £846k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼91%
- Now £18.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sturgess Trading Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Walter E. Sturgess & Sons Limited75–100%
- Sturgess Newton Baker LLPthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Newton Baker Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£64.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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