SORBON INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
+22.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£206M
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
-2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+26% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £25,915,362 | £26,550,458 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £16,213,307 | £18,188,968 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £11,359,536 | £14,310,402 | |
| Net profit | — | £634,064 | £8,917,601 | £10,339,462 | |
| Cash | — | £17,025,886 | £15,368,650 | £18,866,603 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £104,037,730 | £257,971,739 | £245,834,603 | |
| Net assets | — | £46,950,504 | £195,686,864 | £206,026,326 | |
| Equity | £46,040,310 | £46,950,504 | £195,686,864 | £206,026,326 | |
| Average employees | — | 6 | 49 | 48 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,183,981 | £2,986,117 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £439,310 | £300,450 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+2.5%
£25,915,362 £26,550,458
-
Cash
+22.8%
£15,368,650 £18,866,603
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£195,686,864 £206,026,326
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-2%
49 48
-
Operating profit
+12.2%
£16,213,307 £18,188,968
-
Profit before tax
+26%
£11,359,536 £14,310,402
-
Wages
+36.7%
£2,183,981 £2,986,117
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 62.6% | 68.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 34.4% | 38.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.3% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 40.4% | 43.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.09x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.99x | 3.38x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.”
Group structure
- SORBON INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Sorbon Estates Limited 100%
- Balstone Estates Limited 100%
- Port Hampton Estates Limited 100%
- Oakmede Developments Limited 100%
- Ryde (Theale) Limited 100%
- Castlefield Limited 100%
- Sorbon Properties Limited 100%
- Beech Lodge Properties Limited 100%
- Percy Lovejoy (Marlow) Limited 100%
- G F Falconer & Sons Limited 100%
- Tom Jones Marina Limited 100%
- Chasehart Limited 100%
- Laroche Leisure Limited 100%
- Marlow House Investments Limited 100%
- Mishan (Residential) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group remained selective in the categories of assets it invests in and the returns it is prepared to accept, spending £23 9m on new acquisitions in 2024, compared to £21 3m in 2023.”
- “The Directors have completed their annual review of the Company's property holdings and concluded that an upwards valuation of £1 5m is appropriate (2023 £0 5m upwards valuation).”
- “Several redevelopment projects were completed in the year and the programme of asset modernisation and improvement will continue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARVIN, Ross Alistair | Secretary | 2020-07-20 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Tamra Michelle | Director | 2011-12-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| CROOM, Katherine | Director | 2022-03-08 | Jul 1982 | British |
| MARVIN, Ross Alistair | Director | 2021-04-07 | Apr 1981 | British |
| SHANLY, Michael James | Director | 1998-10-08 | Dec 1945 | British |
| TROTT, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2003-12-09 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKIN, Robert | Secretary | 1998-10-08 | 2009-07-03 |
| DUNTHORNE, Peter Richard | Secretary | 2009-05-18 | 2009-11-27 |
| GILES, Paul Joseph | Secretary | 2013-03-28 | 2015-07-31 |
| HUDA, Khayrul | Secretary | 2020-01-14 | 2020-07-20 |
| TROTT, Nicholas Mark | Secretary | 2015-08-17 | 2020-01-14 |
| TROTT, Nicholas Mark | Secretary | 2009-11-27 | 2013-03-28 |
| SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 |
| COLGATE, Barry David | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2007-06-30 |
| HUDA, Khayrul | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2022-02-28 |
| POTTER, Timothy James | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| TUCKER, Donald Anthony | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2024-05-17 |
| SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael James Shanly | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.