SONTAY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+21% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+8% vs 2023
Employees
41
-6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+42.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SONTAY LIMITED 2004-05-06 → present
- BRAND NEW CO (212) LIMITED 2003-09-12 → 2004-05-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,504,608 | £12,929,082 | |
| Operating profit | £1,328,665 | £1,861,134 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,366,106 | £1,941,824 | |
| Net profit | £1,051,287 | £1,455,749 | |
| Cash | £3,975,286 | £4,811,555 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,735,757 | £7,267,196 | |
| Net assets | £6,727,882 | £7,263,284 | |
| Equity | £6,727,882 | £7,263,284 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 41 | |
| Wages | £2,455,507 | £2,476,969 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 14.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.7% | 25.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.34x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | 596.08x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Welsh Walker Limited
- 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.”
Significant events
- “2024 was another record year for Sontay in terms of financial performance.”
- “2025 will see an emphasis on investments in new products as well as further development of new territorial markets.”
- “Turnover for 2024 closed at £12.9M- £0.4M up on 2023.”
- “On the back of a record 2024 the company has had a steady start for 2025 with sales meeting budget.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCABE, Lorna Louise | Secretary | 2017-08-01 | — | — |
| NEWTON, Mark Victor | Director | 2020-09-09 | Aug 1965 | British |
| WOOSTER, James Keith | Director | 2013-04-01 | Oct 1954 | British |
| ZARNO, John Dane Anthony | Director | 2004-03-19 | Sep 1950 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Kirsten | Secretary | 2016-09-26 | 2017-04-21 |
| MCSORLEY, Stuart Frank | Secretary | 2004-03-19 | 2008-05-17 |
| MURDOCH, James Boyd | Secretary | 2008-05-17 | 2016-09-26 |
| RAFTERY, Paul Matthew | Secretary | 2003-09-12 | 2004-03-19 |
| BRAYBROOK, Alan George | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2020-09-10 |
| DAMM, Sandy Jean Paul | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| GREGORY, Christopher | Director | 2009-09-17 | 2014-01-21 |
| MCSORLEY, Stuart Frank | Director | 2004-03-19 | 2008-05-17 |
| MORGAN, Ian Leslie | Director | 2019-06-19 | 2025-03-10 |
| MURDOCH, James Boyd | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2017-06-28 |
| OVEREND, Michael John | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| PALMER, Trevor Steven | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2014-06-30 |
| SHARP, Terry Paul | Director | 2004-03-19 | 2006-07-01 |
| THOMPSON, Alan Christopher | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2004-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Antony Dane Zarno | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-10-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.4%
£12,504,608 £12,929,082
-
Cash
+21%
£3,975,286 £4,811,555
-
Net assets
+8%
£6,727,882 £7,263,284
-
Employees
-6.8%
44 41
-
Operating profit
+40.1%
£1,328,665 £1,861,134
-
Profit before tax
+42.1%
£1,366,106 £1,941,824
-
Wages
+0.9%
£2,455,507 £2,476,969
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