STARK CONNECT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£932K
-70.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+9.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
129
+15.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£6M
+48.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,327,981 | £15,042,211 | £18,822,447 | £22,015,413 | |
| Operating profit | £1,286,441 | £613,335 | £3,727,069 | £5,535,805 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,284,699 | £613,811 | £3,727,070 | £5,535,805 | |
| Net profit | £1,268,984 | £47,480 | £2,798,489 | £4,966,665 | |
| Cash | £0 | £1,111,102 | £3,172,083 | £931,939 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,555,385 | £7,602,865 | £11,510,308 | £12,627,574 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,602,865 | £10,401,354 | £11,368,019 | |
| Equity | £7,555,385 | £7,602,865 | £10,401,354 | £11,368,019 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 73 | 112 | 129 | |
| Wages | £1,873,588 | £2,321,962 | £3,283,446 | £4,077,701 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+17%
£18,822,447 £22,015,413
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-70.6%
£3,172,083 £931,939
-
Net assets
+9.3%
£10,401,354 £11,368,019
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+15.2%
112 129
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+48.5%
£3,727,069 £5,535,805
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+48.5%
£3,727,070 £5,535,805
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+24.2%
£3,283,446 £4,077,701
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 4.1% | 19.8% | 25.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 0.3% | 14.9% | 22.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.0% | 8.1% | 32.4% | 43.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 50.7% | 51.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.22x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 469.85x | — | — | — |
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
- STARK CONNECT LIMITED 2022-11-24 → present
- WPD SMART METERING LIMITED 2010-01-28 → 2022-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Jack Ross Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 1 June 2022, 100% of shares in the Company were acquired by Stark Software International (Holdings) Limited.”
- “In November 2022, the name of the Company was changed from WPD Smart Metering Limited to Stark Connect Limited.”
- “During the year, Stark has been preparing its systems for Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS). In July 2025, Stark qualified in the first wave of entities to be ready for MHHS as the only all-services agent in the leading cohort.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARK, Joel Daniel Benjamin | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
| WARREN, Alex Mathew | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2010-01-28 | 2022-06-01 |
| ALLEN, Philip Gerald | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2015-02-09 |
| HALLADAY, Graham Roy | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2022-06-01 |
| OOSTHUIZEN, Daniel Charl Stephanus | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2018-03-31 |
| SWIFT, Philip | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2019-01-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian Robert | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2022-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stark Software International (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-06-01 | Active |
| Wpd Distribution Network Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2022-06-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.