STERLING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.8m
+32.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
27
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.7m
+12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,905,773 | £15,759,795 | +13.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,364,554 | £2,664,274 | +12.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,366,488 | £2,669,357 | +12.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,725,578 | — | — | |
| Cash | £258,744 | £1,048,648 | £996,789 | £1,044,444 | +4.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,899,665 | £5,078,871 | £6,928,751 | £9,233,427 | +33.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,223,106 | £4,181,572 | £5,907,150 | £7,809,106 | +32.2% | |
| Equity | — | £4,181,572 | £5,907,150 | £7,809,106 | +32.2% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,631,353 | £2,804,881 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 17.0% | 16.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 12.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 34.1% | 28.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -21.5% | 7.0% | 42.8% | 38.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.83x | 2.23x |
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 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2019-05-21 → present
- STERLING TECHNOLOGY TRADING LIMITED 2017-12-22 → 2019-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The £197,000 provision relates to an ongoing dispute brought against the company by a professional service provider. No liability has been admitted however the directors believe it is probable that the company will settle the matter within the next 12 months.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAWE, Philip Reid | Director | 2022-08-24 | Aug 1969 | American |
| TRUJILLO, Roy Benjamin | Director | 2022-08-24 | Aug 1965 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS, Julian Alexander Neal | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2022-08-24 |
| DOBSON, Stephen John | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2022-08-24 |
| KEATING, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2017-12-22 | 2022-08-24 |
| MAHER, Julian Dunstan | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2022-08-24 |
| MUMFORD, John Michael | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2022-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Technology Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-28 | Active |
| Sterling Financial Print Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-22 | Ceased 2018-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-01-06 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-11 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.