SORBON GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£179m
+8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£394m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
84
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£17m
+26.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,760,700 | £45,855,494 | £54,850,834 | +19.6% | |
| Operating profit | £9,581,915 | £1,461,655 | £5,613,375 | +284% | |
| Profit before tax | £20,631,473 | £13,263,933 | £16,737,769 | +26.2% | |
| Net profit | £15,656,055 | £9,707,014 | £12,907,545 | +33% | |
| Cash | £183,424,928 | £165,725,436 | £179,272,254 | +8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £377,796,634 | £388,763,042 | £400,569,434 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £371,230,283 | £381,519,739 | £394,472,909 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £371,230,283 | £381,519,739 | £394,472,909 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | 98 | 83 | 84 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £7,759,267 | £5,220,398 | £5,505,204 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £344,716 | £323,469 | £402,690 | +24.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,108 | £6,794 | £5,740 | -15.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £230,462 | £226,469 | £250,940 | +10.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 3.2% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 25.8% | 21.2% | 23.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.0% | 6.2% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 14.96x | 21.48x | 30.49x | |
| Interest cover | 16.81x | 3.79x | 63.49x |
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
“Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
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 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 Powell Limited 100%
- Intagroup Properties Limited 100%
- Kingsway Limited 100%
- Michael Shanly Homes Limited 100%
- Unitcastle Limited 100%
- Sorbon Developments Limited 100%
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 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.