SORBON GROUP 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
£166M
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£382M
+2.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
80
-18.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£13M
-35.7% 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 | — | — | £60,760,700 | £45,855,494 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £9,581,915 | £1,461,655 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £20,631,473 | £13,263,933 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,363,781 | £15,656,055 | £9,707,014 | |
| Cash | — | £193,944,748 | £183,424,928 | £165,725,436 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £146,809,275 | £377,796,634 | £388,763,042 | |
| Net assets | — | £104,579,935 | £371,230,283 | £381,519,739 | |
| Equity | £100,466,154 | £104,579,935 | £371,230,283 | £381,519,739 | |
| Average employees | — | 5 | 98 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | £7,759,267 | £6,302,192 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £344,716 | £330,263 |
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
-
Turnover
-24.5%
£60,760,700 £45,855,494
-
Cash
-9.6%
£183,424,928 £165,725,436
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£371,230,283 £381,519,739
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-18.4%
98 80
-
Operating profit
-84.7%
£9,581,915 £1,461,655
-
Profit before tax
-35.7%
£20,631,473 £13,263,933
-
Wages
-18.8%
£7,759,267 £6,302,192
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 | — | — | 15.8% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 25.8% | 21.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 2.5% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 14.96x | 21.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 16.81x | 3.79x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SORBON GROUP LIMITED 2022-03-30 → present
- SORBON HOMES LIMITED 2000-04-10 → 2022-03-30
- SORBON LEISURE LIMITED 1998-10-08 → 2000-04-10
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.”
Group structure
- SORBON GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Bourne End Marina Limited 100%
- Boulters Meadow Limited 100%
- Brenard Properties Limited 100%
- Jonathan Dean Developments Limited 100%
- Shanly Homes Limited 100%
- Milestone SO Limited (formerly Shanly Partnership Homes Limited) 100%
- Shanly Homes (Leatherhead) Limited 100%
- Shanly Homes (Staines) Limited 100%
- Hillside Residential Limited 100%
- Sorbon Finance Limited 100%
- Vandawn Limited 100%
- Kingsway Homes (Berkshire) Limited 100%
- Acacia Homes Limited 100%
- Shanly Homes (Beaconsfield) Limited 100%
- Well Road Farm Limited 100%
- Countdown Property Developments Limited 100%
- W.H & C.F Powe'll Limited 100%
- Intagroup Properties Limited 100%
- Kingsway Limited 100%
- Michael Shanly Homes Limited 100%
- Unitcastle Limited 100%
- Sorbon Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year 2024 presented again several issues which effect SME housebuilders like Shanly Homes Limited, particularly continued geopolitical unrest, changing market conditions which combined with UK Government changes to make this a challenging landscape. The continued conflict in Ukraine impacted the stability of energy prices alongside high interest rates for most of the year, put pressure on potential buyers.”
- “Although we have seen reductions in interest rates in the latter part of 2024, we are not anticipating a significant increase in residential sales, although the Directors consider the Group is in a strong position to benefit from changes in the housing market as they arise.”
- “During the year, the Directors are sad to report the death of Don Tucker who was a long standing and valued director of the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARVIN, Ross Alistair | Secretary | 2020-07-20 | — | — |
| MARVIN, Ross Alistair | Director | 2021-04-07 | Apr 1981 | British |
| SHANLY, Michael James | Director | 1998-10-08 | Dec 1945 | British |
| TROTT, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2024-08-29 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 14 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 |
| BOOTH, Tamra Michelle | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2024-06-04 |
| COLGATE, Barry David | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| HUDA, Khayrul | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2022-02-28 |
| POTTER, Timothy James | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| TROTT, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2003-12-09 | 2020-07-01 |
| 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 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | 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 | |
| 2024-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2022-12-14 | 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 | |
| 2022-03-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.