SONOVATE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+0.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£14M
-67.2% vs 2023
Employees
162
-18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
+20.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the process to renew existing facilities as well as raise additional equity and/or commitment has commenced but has not been secured. Therefore, these events and conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1.2, constitute a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,256,563 | £19,723,618 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,504,531 | -£7,556,392 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,106,444 | -£5,675,881 | |
| Net profit | -£7,106,444 | -£5,675,881 | |
| Cash | £9,245,210 | £9,300,073 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£8,445,461 | -£14,121,342 | |
| Net assets | -£8,445,461 | -£14,121,342 | |
| Equity | -£8,445,461 | -£14,121,342 | |
| Average employees | 198 | 162 | |
| Wages | £8,800,859 | £7,545,642 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £751,900 | £724,493 |
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
-7.2%
£21,256,563 £19,723,618
-
Cash
+0.6%
£9,245,210 £9,300,073
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Net assets
-67.2%
-£8,445,461 -£14,121,342
-
Employees
-18.2%
198 162
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Operating profit
-0.7%
-£7,504,531 -£7,556,392
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Profit before tax
+20.1%
-£7,106,444 -£5,675,881
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Wages
-14.3%
£8,800,859 £7,545,642
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -35.3% | -38.3% | |
| Net margin | -33.4% | -28.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 88.9% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.61x | |
| Interest cover | -1.00x | -1.00x |
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
- SONOVATE LIMITED 2011-08-25 → present
- RECTRADER LIMITED 2011-01-20 → 2011-08-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the process to renew existing facilities as well as raise additional equity and/or commitment has commenced but has not been secured. Therefore, these events and conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1.2, constitute a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SONOVATE LIMITED · parent
- Sonovate US, LLC 100%
- Sonovate US Servicing, LLC 100%
- Sonovate Trade Receivables Designated Activity Company
Significant events
- “In June 2025 the Group successfully completed the extension of its private warehouse transaction, extending the maturity of both the senior and junior notes to December 2025. In addition, the maturity of the Parent Company's on-balance sheet revolving facility of £30 million with BCI Capital was also extended to December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Andrew Neil | Secretary | 2026-04-16 | — | — |
| BIRCH, Michael | Director | 2021-03-05 | Jul 1970 | American, |
| BIRCH, Paul James | Director | 2017-03-14 | May 1966 | British |
| CHAPPLE, Damon | Director | 2011-01-20 | Dec 1977 | British |
| PRIME, Richard Anthony | Director | 2011-01-20 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Andrew Neil | Secretary | 2014-04-16 | 2018-02-16 |
| TUBIO, Robustiano | Secretary | 2024-05-16 | 2026-04-16 |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-16 | 2024-04-25 |
| BELL, Josh Carl | Director | 2015-11-03 | 2021-03-05 |
| ELLIS, Philip David | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2014-04-30 |
| NAQSHBANDI, Kashif Shafique | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2012-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonovate International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-05 | Active |
| Mr Paul James Birch | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-10 | Ceased 2016-10-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.