STERLING MIXERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
Cash
£3K
-96.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£1M
-80.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
15
-16.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£492K
-61.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-26 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,701,687 | £2,544,971 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£283,314 | -£453,368 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£305,171 | -£491,886 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£325,564 | -£489,656 | |
| Cash | — | £788 | £25,349 | £1,887 | £74,421 | £2,663 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£38,655 | -£255,024 | £773,591 | £463,623 | -£18,279 | |
| Net assets | — | -£50,947 | -£278,698 | -£281,788 | -£607,352 | -£1,097,008 | |
| Equity | — | -£50,947 | -£278,698 | -£281,788 | -£607,352 | -£1,097,008 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £719,881 | £453,748 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-31.2%
£3,701,687 £2,544,971
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Cash
-96.4%
£74,421 £2,663
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Net assets
-80.6%
-£607,352 -£1,097,008
lowest in 5 filed years
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Employees
-16.7%
18 15
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Operating profit
-60%
-£283,314 -£453,368
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Profit before tax
-61.2%
-£305,171 -£491,886
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Wages
-37%
£719,881 £453,748
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 | 2019-11-26 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -7.7% | -17.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -8.8% | -19.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -61.1% | 2480.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 130.9% | 173.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.16x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -12.96x | -11.77x |
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 MIXERS LTD 2022-03-14 → present
- HYMIX (STOKESLEY) LTD 2019-11-27 → 2022-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Benee Consulting Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company incurred a loss of £491,886 for the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £305,171) and at that date had net liabilities of £1,097,008 (2023: £607,352). Excluding balances with group companies, the company's net assets were £971,362 (2023: £1,148,759). The directors have received confirmation from the parent company that it will provide the financial support necessary for the company to continue trading and meet its obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The auditor notes a material uncertainty related to going concern due to losses and net liabilities, but the opinion is not modified in respect of this matter because of parental support.”
Significant events
- “The company's three-year plan for growth 'Vision 2027' focuses upon increasing the supply of the Supermix and Ultramix models to customers and providing first rate service and aftersales support.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Antony Adrian | Director | 2019-11-27 | Aug 1970 | British |
| JAMES, Jarl | Director | 2019-11-27 | Jul 1996 | British |
| JAMES, Rory | Director | 2019-11-27 | Jul 1998 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Antony Adrian James | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-27 | Active |
| Mr Rory James | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-27 | Active |
| Mr Jarl James | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-27 | Active |
| Sterling Gp Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-11-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 14 of 14 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-14 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-14 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-11-27 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.