Sonatest Ltd
Active00865293ManufacturingIncorporated 30 Nov 1965 · Milton Keynes
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the design and manufacture of electrical instruments and transducers for the non-destructive testing of materials using ultrasonic techniques.
Revenue
£9.4m
▲ +20.3% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£13k
Margin -1.6%
Employees
39
▲ +5.4% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£5.6m
Total assets £6.5m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
6 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Dec 2020Not available
Dec 2021
£7.8m
Dec 2022
£9.4m▲ +20.3%
Dec 2023Not available
Dec 2024Not available
Dec 2025Not available
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | — | — | £428k | 39 | £5.6m |
| 31 Dec 2024 | — | — | £921k | 37 | £5.1m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | — | — | £1.3m | 37 | £4.9m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £9.4m | ▲ +20.3% | -£169k | 35 | £3.6m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £7.8m | — | £760k | 31 | £3.6m |
| 31 Dec 2020 | — | — | — | — | £2.8m |
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2022. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £9.4m
- Gross profit
- £3.9m
- Operating profit
- -£152k
- Profit before tax
- -£169k
- Profit after tax
- £13k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £6.5m
- Cash
- £857k
- Total liabilities
- £909k
- Net assets
- £5.6m
- Revenue per employee
- Not available
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