SORBUS PARTNERS LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£135K
-68.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£257K
-43.8% vs 2024
Employees
14
-17.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-04-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,960,635 | £1,586,122 | |
| Operating profit | £803,405 | £191,589 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £803,405 | £191,589 | |
| Cash | £432,500 | £134,570 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £456,774 | £256,736 | |
| Net assets | £456,774 | £256,736 | |
| Equity | £456,774 | £256,736 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 14 | |
| Wages | £488,341 | £454,405 |
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 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 41.0% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 41.0% | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 175.9% | 74.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.0% | 32.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.00x | 3.09x |
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
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts for SORBUS Partners LLP for the year ended 5 April 2025 have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the partners believe the entity will continue in business for the foreseeable future, meaning for at least twelve months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Significant events
- “Our twelfth year was another one of consolidation and considerable internal change. We have recruited well and the team is at its strongest ever. We have made dramatic improvements in our operations and efficiency and the roll out of workflow management has been entirely successful. During the year we invested in a new investment management agreement, after the cessation of the previous one, with our long-term partner relating to Blackwood Asset Management, which should deliver considerable growth in the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOWLESS-REEVES, Max William | Llp Designated Member | 2012-09-17 | Apr 1972 | — |
| SORBUS.ORG LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMILOE, Richard Winston | Llp Designated Member | 2014-07-01 | 2024-05-22 |
| HALL, Tom Aylwin John | Llp Designated Member | 2021-04-06 | 2026-02-18 |
| HALL, Tom Aylwin John | Llp Designated Member | 2012-09-17 | 2014-06-30 |
| HOLLIS, Steven Peter, Dr | Llp Designated Member | 2016-01-01 | 2024-05-22 |
| MOSELEY-GRAY, Susannah Margaret | Llp Designated Member | 2017-04-06 | 2024-01-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Max William Thowless-Reeves | Individual | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | LLPSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2026-02-20 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | LLAP02 | officers | Appoint corporate member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-09-17 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2021-07-08 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-05 vs 2024-04-05
-
Turnover
-19.1%
£1,960,635 £1,586,122
-
Cash
-68.9%
£432,500 £134,570
-
Net assets
-43.8%
£456,774 £256,736
-
Employees
-17.6%
17 14
-
Operating profit
-76.2%
£803,405 £191,589
-
Wages
-6.9%
£488,341 £454,405
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