STINK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-35.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+36.9% vs 2023
Employees
34
+17.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-63% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,273,847 | £24,930,171 | — | — | £29,279,193 | £22,508,729 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£91,607 | £468,659 | — | — | £509,260 | £530,920 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,870,135 | £3,559,546 | £831,238 | £2,997,682 | £4,003,561 | £1,482,522 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,870,135 | £3,318,887 | £610,406 | £2,993,639 | £3,809,575 | £1,400,400 | |
| Cash | — | £1,160,744 | £3,983,359 | £4,383,747 | £4,927,610 | £3,763,293 | £2,430,867 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,392,533 | £3,597,244 | £1,104,620 | £313,331 | £2,564,716 | £3,511,386 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,564,716 | £3,511,386 | |
| Equity | £522,398 | £4,392,533 | £3,597,244 | £1,104,620 | £313,331 | £2,564,716 | £3,511,386 | |
| Average employees | — | 28 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | £1,372,847 | £2,899,627 | £3,519,020 | £2,680,781 | £2,750,149 | £1,700,960 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £312,167 | £425,000 | £616,983 | £1,111,075 | £807,655 | £481,467 |
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
-
Turnover
-23.1%
£29,279,193 £22,508,729
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-35.4%
£3,763,293 £2,430,867
-
Net assets
+36.9%
£2,564,716 £3,511,386
-
Employees
+17.2%
29 34
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
+4.3%
£509,260 £530,920
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-63%
£4,003,561 £1,482,522
-
Wages
-38.2%
£2,750,149 £1,700,960
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.3% | 1.9% | — | — | 1.7% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 14.7% | 13.3% | — | — | 13.0% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -2.1% | 13.0% | — | — | 19.9% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.14x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | -30.36x | 37.05x | — | — | 2.59x | 2.30x |
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
- STINK LIMITED 1997-10-22 → present
- BLINKING LIMITED 1997-09-24 → 1997-10-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company continues to have high level of cash reserves post year end and the directors have prepared profit and cashflow forecasts which show that the Company has sufficient cash to trade for a period of 12 months from the signing of these accounts. The accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- STINK LIMITED · parent
- 000 Stink 100%
- Stink (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 100%
- Stink CZ, s.r.o 100%
- Stink Digital Ltd 95%
- Stink Digital USA LLC
- Stink GmbH 100%
- Stink Folding Inc 100%
- Stink Hong Kong, Ltd 100%
- Stink LLC
- Stink S.A.S. 100%
- Stink SP Producao de Filmes LTDA 49%
- Savage.tv, s.r.o
- Stink Studios Shanghai Co. Ltd
- Front Productions, LLC
Significant events
- “The main non-trade activity from the year involved the increase of the company's interest in its UK subsidiary, Stink Digital Ltd, to 95.2% (was 80%).”
- “During the year the company acquired additional shares in Stink Digital Limited taking the overall percentage shareholding in the company from 80.00% on 1 January 2024 to 95.24% on 31 December 2024. On 21/08/2024, the company purchased 256 shares of £1 nominal value for £1,612,800 and then on 64 shares of £1 nominal value for £403,200.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOTTER, Ewoudt | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | — | — |
| BERGMANN, Daniel | Director | 1998-09-15 | Sep 1962 | Czech |
| POWELL, Blake Ivor | Director | 2019-02-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| ZACHARIAS, Ivan | Director | 2002-11-04 | Oct 1971 | Czech |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGMANN, Daniel | Secretary | 2002-01-21 | 2014-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Dylan Wyn | Secretary | 2014-07-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| STUDHOLME, James Paul | Secretary | 1997-09-24 | 2001-11-05 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-09-24 | 1997-09-24 |
| FORBES, Martin Leigh | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| FORMAN, Daniel Mark | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2025-07-14 |
| HERMAN, Robert Anthony | Director | 2002-11-04 | 2014-09-22 |
| LAWRIE, Robert Seymour | Director | 1997-09-24 | 1999-12-30 |
| MCCLELLAND, Clifford Stanley | Director | 2009-01-13 | 2009-10-16 |
| MORRIS, James Scott | Director | 2016-05-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| SAINTER, Andrew | Director | 2003-01-09 | 2009-01-13 |
| STILLMAN, Matthew Percy | Director | 1998-09-15 | 2003-01-09 |
| STUDHOLME, James Paul | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2001-11-05 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-09-24 | 1997-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael John Hawk | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust | 2017-02-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-18 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2026-01-20 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-01-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.