STENS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
EUR 12,685,340
-12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£31m
EUR 35,253,823
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
110
-12% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.8m
EUR 6,604,005
-42.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,490,451 | £38,501,562 | £34,508,438 | -10.4% | |
| Operating profit | £13,683,157 | £9,579,244 | £5,538,427 | -42.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,688,310 | £9,955,022 | £5,759,642 | -42.1% | |
| Net profit | £10,804,566 | £7,811,924 | £4,452,291 | -43% | |
| Cash | £10,539,752 | £12,595,493 | £11,063,440 | -12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,923,767 | £31,994,805 | £31,321,408 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £30,505,864 | £31,424,336 | £30,746,401 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £30,505,864 | £31,424,336 | £30,746,401 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 124 | 125 | 110 | -12% | |
| Wages | £4,667,692 | £4,788,869 | £4,837,269 | +1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.1% | 24.9% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 20.3% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.2% | 29.9% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.4% | 11.4% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.95x | 6.60x | 6.61x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- STENS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Alde International Systems AB 100%
- Stens Innovation AB 100%
- Alde International (UK) Limited 100%
- Alde Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Alde US Export GmbH 100%
- TA US Holding Corp 100%
- Alde Corp 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Lesley | Secretary | 2025-12-08 | — | — |
| JANSSEN, Marcel | Director | 2015-12-07 | Oct 1977 | German |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDSLEY, Ian David | Secretary | 2017-04-10 | 2025-12-08 |
| GRUNDY, Slyvia | Secretary | 2004-12-22 | 2017-04-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-12-22 | 2004-12-22 |
| LARCHER, Manuela | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2005-04-26 |
| THOMMES, Marion | Director | 2004-12-22 | 2015-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.