STERLING PHARMA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+89.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£27M
-159% vs 2024
Employees
644
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£82M
-360.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £108,932,000 | £78,070,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£372,000 | -£50,378,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£17,774,000 | -£81,907,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,675,000 | -£73,077,000 | |
| Cash | £8,045,000 | £15,251,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £194,283,000 | £94,119,000 | |
| Net assets | £45,966,000 | -£27,111,000 | |
| Equity | £45,966,000 | -£27,111,000 | |
| Average employees | 654 | 644 | |
| Wages | £29,628,000 | £31,823,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £573,000 | £735,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-28.3%
£108,932,000 £78,070,000
-
Cash
+89.6%
£8,045,000 £15,251,000
-
Net assets
-159%
£45,966,000 -£27,111,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
654 644
-
Operating profit
-13,442.5%
-£372,000 -£50,378,000
-
Profit before tax
-360.8%
-£17,774,000 -£81,907,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£29,628,000 £31,823,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | -64.5% | |
| Net margin | -13.5% | -93.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -53.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.1% | 110.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | -0.02x | -2.01x |
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
- STERLING PHARMA SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2016-09-14 → present
- SHASUN PHARMA SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2006-02-16 → 2016-09-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The annual report and financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Having reviewed the company's current position and cash flow projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- STERLING PHARMA SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Sterling Pharma Solutions Incorporated 100%
- Sterling Pharma USA LLC 100%
- Sterling Wisconsin LLC 100%
- Sterling Deeside Limited 100%
- Sterling Bidco Ireland Limited 100%
- Sterling Pharma Ringaskiddy Limited 100%
- Saffron Newco Limited 100%
- Sterling Newcastle Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2025, a cost reduction plan was announced, to be implemented over FY26”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGUIRE, Septima | Director | 2026-05-05 | May 1977 | Irish |
| ROTTHIER, Karl | Director | 2025-11-03 | May 1967 | Belgian |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Kevin Peter | Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| GOVINDARANJAN, Narayanan | Secretary | 2006-02-16 | 2006-07-06 |
| RAJASEKAR, Visvanathan | Secretary | 2006-07-06 | 2008-01-31 |
| QA REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 |
| ANDERSON, Matthew David | Director | 2024-11-22 | 2026-05-05 |
| ARUMUGHAM, Mahendran | Director | 2009-07-18 | 2011-07-28 |
| BAHADUR, Tushar Jain | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2024-11-21 |
| BARBHAIYA, Rashmi, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-02-27 |
| COOK, Kevin Peter | Director | 2014-10-29 | 2025-10-31 |
| COOK, Kevin Peter | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2011-04-01 |
| DIETERICH, Norbert, Dr | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2008-07-21 |
| FINCH, Anthony Peter | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2007-11-12 |
| GOVINDARANJAN, Narayanan | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2010-07-23 |
| GREEN, Nicholas Stewart | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2007-01-18 |
| JAIN, Chhaganlal | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2009-08-10 |
| NANCHAND SHETH, Jagdish | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2009-07-18 |
| PUDHUCODE, Kannan Radhakrishnan | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-05-09 |
| RANGASWAMY, Sundara Rajan | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2017-01-01 |
| RAY, Tapan Jyothi | Director | 2009-07-18 | 2011-08-19 |
| SHAH, Bharat Dhirajlal | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-02-27 |
| SHANKARLAL, Abhaya Kumar | Director | 2011-01-11 | 2016-01-23 |
| SHANKARLAL, Devendra, Dr | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2016-01-23 |
| SHANKARLAL, Vimal Kumar | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2016-01-23 |
| SHOTT, Ian Dermot, Doctor | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2019-02-27 |
| VAIDYA, Deepak Calian | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-02-27 |
| WIPER, John | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2019-02-27 |
| QA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saffron Bidco Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-27 | Ceased 2019-02-27 |
| Saffron Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-27 | Active |
| Mr Arun Kumar Pillai | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-10-12 | Ceased 2019-02-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.