SPARK ADVISORY PARTNERS LIMITED
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Cash
£650k
-39.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£879k
-27.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
10
-9.1% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£619k
+28.3% vs 2025
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,416,293 | £2,865,476 | -16.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £584,641 | £591,657 | +1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £482,671 | £619,193 | +28.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £323,494 | £463,268 | +43.2% | |
| Cash | £1,834,058 | £1,364,510 | £897,811 | £4,603,602 | £1,074,252 | £649,617 | -39.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,951,590 | £1,618,778 | £1,480,257 | £3,257,246 | £1,214,249 | £880,835 | -27.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,948,817 | £1,616,277 | £1,478,441 | £3,256,172 | £1,211,199 | £878,702 | -27.5% | |
| Equity | £1,948,817 | £1,616,277 | £1,478,441 | £3,256,172 | £1,211,199 | £878,702 | -27.5% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 17.1% | 20.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 16.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 48.1% | 67.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 41.2% | 48.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.14x | 1.68x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SPARK ADVISORY PARTNERS LIMITED 2011-11-24 → present
- SPARK INVESTORS LIMITED 2001-01-24 → 2011-11-24
- NEWMEDIA INVESTORS LTD. 1996-04-26 → 2001-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETTON, Andrew David Norman | Secretary | 2011-05-19 | — | — |
| BALDWIN, Neil Richard | Director | 2012-02-17 | Feb 1963 | British |
| BETTON, Andrew David Norman | Director | 2003-08-27 | Apr 1971 | British |
| BRADY, Mark David | Director | 2012-02-17 | Sep 1961 | British |
| DAVIS, Matthew James | Director | 2012-02-17 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTON, Andrew David Norman | Secretary | 2003-08-27 | 2008-07-11 |
| FREEMAN, Susanna Elizabeth Genevieve | Secretary | 2002-02-10 | 2003-08-27 |
| KING, Alastair John Naisbitt | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2002-02-10 |
| PLASCO, Joel | Secretary | 2000-09-26 | 2001-10-19 |
| TEICHMAN, Mark | Secretary | 1996-04-26 | 2000-09-26 |
| TRAN, Nghi Thuy | Secretary | 2010-01-01 | 2011-05-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-26 | 1996-04-26 |
| BERRY, Charles Richard | Director | 2004-12-09 | 2006-02-28 |
| CARRUTHERS, Andrew Bruce | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2011-11-15 |
| COMPTON BURNETT, Richard James | Director | 1997-01-22 | 2001-06-30 |
| DELACAVE, Bruno Daniel Geoffrey | Director | 2002-03-30 | 2003-07-31 |
| GREENWOOD, Miriam Valerie | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2020-01-27 |
| KINDE, Harald Torbjorn Gabriel Jakob | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2000-09-26 |
| KING, Alastair John Naisbitt | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2002-02-10 |
| PATEL, Jayesh Ramesh | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2013-11-18 |
| PLASCO, Joel Darren | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2004-01-26 |
| ROTHSCHILD, Nathaniel Philip Victor James, Hon | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2000-09-26 |
| SACKVILLE, Thomas Geoffrey, Honourable | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-09-26 |
| TEICHMAN, Thomas Alfred | Director | 1996-04-26 | 2011-11-15 |
| WHITAKER, Michael Keith | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2009-04-10 |
| WYNDHAM-QUIN, Sean Christopher | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2017-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Aph Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.