SOFA.COM LTD
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Cash
£1.7M
+75.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£11M
-900.6% vs 2024
Employees
115
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8.3M
-4,228.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,335,511 | £22,680,380 | -17% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,267,920 | -£8,286,836 | -153.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£190,997 | -£8,268,145 | -4,228.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,986,689 | -£10,066,603 | -406.7% | |
| Cash | £974,141 | £1,706,003 | +75.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£661,181 | -£10,727,784 | -1,522.5% | |
| Net assets | -£1,117,765 | -£11,184,368 | -900.6% | |
| Equity | -£1,117,765 | -£11,184,368 | -900.6% | |
| Average employees | 124 | 115 | -7.3% | |
| Wages | £2,732,419 | £2,587,537 | -5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -12.0% | -36.5% | |
| Net margin | -7.3% | -44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.30x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SOFA.COM LTD 2006-02-27 → present
- BOW STREET RUNNERS LIMITED 2004-09-06 → 2006-02-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the period end the company had a deficit of £11,184,368. The deficit is funded by loans from other group companies which will not be called for repayment unless cash flow permits for a minimum period of 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The directors consider with parent company support that it is appropriate for the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SOFA.COM LTD · parent
- Zaparoh Sp.Z.o.o 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has experienced a decline in turnover driven by the decline in the premium retail market accompanied by increased competition in key areas.”
- “Levels of profitability have declined primarily as a result of the impairment of an intercompany debtor and the non-repeat of intercompany dividends from 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICK, Alastair Peter Orford | Director | 2020-01-21 | Jun 1983 | British |
| EPSTEIN, David Charles | Director | 2020-05-14 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Laura | Secretary | 2016-04-28 | 2017-04-17 |
| HOLMES, Richard | Secretary | 2017-05-24 | 2020-01-21 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Secretary | 2015-04-16 | 2017-04-03 |
| PIPER, Thomas James | Secretary | 2020-01-21 | 2022-07-28 |
| REEVES, Christopher Patrick | Secretary | 2004-09-06 | 2014-01-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-09-06 | 2004-09-06 |
| ADEGOKE, Adedotun Ademola | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2024-12-05 |
| BLACKER, Rohan David Peel | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2015-02-06 |
| GUNN, Vincent Anthony | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2018-04-30 |
| HOLMES, Richard James Elliott | Director | 2017-05-24 | 2020-01-21 |
| HUGHES-WARD, Jenni Louise | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2020-05-04 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2017-04-03 |
| MOORE, Adam Lee | Director | 2024-12-05 | 2024-12-31 |
| REEVES, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2014-01-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Arthur | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2015-10-16 |
| WOODHOUSE, Philip Laurence | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2015-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sofa.Com Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.