SPARK FINANCE LTD
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Cash
£30k
-49.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£80k
+9.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
16
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£6.7k
-95.7% first positive since 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £758,717 | £1,857,047 | £3,199,353 | +72.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£123,423 | £156,757 | £6,259 | -96% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£123,947 | £156,462 | £6,721 | -95.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£123,947 | £179,099 | £6,721 | -96.2% | |
| Cash | £45,867 | £38,229 | £55,480 | £22,603 | £60,288 | £30,179 | -49.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,999 | £62,941 | £35,138 | -£106,143 | £72,956 | £79,677 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £17,560 | £37,974 | £17,804 | -£106,143 | £72,956 | £79,677 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £17,560 | £37,974 | £17,804 | — | £72,956 | £79,677 | +9.2% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £629,479 | £894,512 | £1,270,854 | +42.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £160,750 | £173,789 | £206,813 | +19% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £173,789 | £206,813 | +19% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -16.3% | 8.4% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -16.3% | 9.6% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 214.9% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.8% | 69.3% | 84.2% | — | 78.0% | 85.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.87x | 1.28x | 1.17x |
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
- SPARK FINANCE LTD 2023-09-11 → present
- JD CAPITAL FINANCE LIMITED 2018-02-19 → 2023-09-11
- JD SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS LIMITED 2016-04-15 → 2018-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- M J Bushell Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. As the parent company, Spark Finance Group PLC has secured £3,255,983 of shareholder equity funding to 31 March 2026. This funding is expected to be sufficient to enable the group as a whole to continue to trade”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, James Daniel | Director | 2016-04-15 | Oct 1987 | British |
| DOBBIN, Julian Clyde | Director | 2023-07-19 | Jul 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Finance Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2023-07-19 | Active |
| Mr James Daniel Davies | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-15 | Ceased 2023-07-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-09-11 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-11 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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.