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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-22 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3K

0% vs 2023

Net assets

-£16M

-52.3% vs 2023

Employees

15

+15.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£4M

-70.1% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £3,272,000£3,108,000
Operating profit -£2,910,000-£4,111,000
Profit before tax -£2,428,000-£4,129,000
Net profit -£2,428,000-£4,129,000
Cash £3,000£3,000
Total assets less current liabilities -£10,474,000-£15,449,000
Net assets -£10,503,000-£15,996,000
Equity -£10,503,000-£15,996,000
Average employees 1315
Wages £3,584,000£3,485,000
Directors' remuneration £782,000£905,000

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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -88.9%-132.3%
Net margin -74.2%-132.9%
Return on capital employed 27.8%26.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 1164.1%530.0%
Current ratio 0.07x0.16x
Interest cover -194.00x-228.39x

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

  1. AFENTRA (UK) LTD 2021-07-21 → present
  2. STERLING ENERGY (UK) LIMITED 2002-10-22 → 2021-07-21
  3. STERLING ENERGY LIMITED 2002-10-21 → 2002-10-22

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
BDO LLP UK
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Director has conducted a review of the going concern assumption, considering all available information available up to the date the accounts are issued and taking into account all available information about the future. Afentra plc, has agreed to provide necessary financial support if required to enable the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and has confirmed its ability to do so with reference to its own financial position and cash forecasts. The Company's net liability position is mainly due to amounts payable to other group companies (note 12). These liabilities are internal to the Afentra plc group, and taking into account the Company's present position, its principal risks and uncertainties and availability of support from Afentra plc, the Director has a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue its operations and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the going concern period. Based on the above, together with the director's knowledge and experience of the market, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 26 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCARDLE, Hamish William Secretary 2024-09-30
MCDADE, Paul Director 2021-03-15 Oct 1963 British
Show 26 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CHURCHWARD, Michelle Secretary 2011-10-18 2012-09-13
CLIFF, Richard Andrew Secretary 2021-07-08 2024-03-31
COOPER, Jonathan Robert Secretary 2008-02-04 2011-10-18
CUNNINGHAM, Nicholas John Secretary 2024-03-31 2024-09-30
DANGERFIELD, Carol Jessie Secretary 2000-10-10 2001-05-21
HAWKINS, Anthony James Secretary 2016-01-22 2017-07-10
MILNE, Gavin Johnston Secretary 2014-11-10 2016-01-22
SMITH, Andrew John Secretary 2012-09-13 2014-11-10
SPURRIER, Barbara Secretary 2017-06-27 2018-12-13
THOMSON, Graeme Paul Secretary 2001-05-21 2008-02-04
CFPRO COSEC LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2018-12-13 2021-07-08
BEARDSALL, Alastair John Director 2009-09-15 2016-05-10
BROWN, Ralph Lyman Director 2002-05-31 2005-09-30
CLAYTON, Nicholas John Director 2016-05-10 2016-10-13
COOPER, Jonathan Robert Director 2008-02-04 2011-10-18
FRANK, Philip Leighton, Dr Director 2012-06-14 2015-03-13
GRIGGS, Paul Michael Director 2005-07-14 2008-04-23
GROSSE, Andrew Joseph Director 2005-07-14 2011-10-03
HAWKINS, Anthony James Director 2020-12-04 2021-03-15
JERSING, Ib Eskil Director 2015-03-23 2018-06-08
MACASKILL, Angus Director 2010-11-09 2013-08-16
MARSHALL, David Lee Director 2018-06-08 2020-12-04
OTOOLE, Richard Anthony Director 2000-10-10 2006-12-31
QUINTON, Nigel Alan Director 2001-01-09 2004-10-15
THOMSON, Graeme Paul Director 2001-05-21 2009-12-03
WILSON, Henry George Director 2001-01-09 2009-08-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Afentra Plc Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 142 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2021-07-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
Date Type Category Description
2025-11-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-11-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-10-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-10-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-08 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-08 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2024-04-02 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-04-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2022-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-21 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-07-21 CONNOT change-of-name Change of name notice
2021-07-20 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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