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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-03 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-17

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

-76.4% vs 2024

Net assets

-£13M

-243% vs 2024

Employees

4

+100% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£12M

-147.3% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £2,539,000£8,503,000
Operating profit -£4,880,000-£11,557,000
Profit before tax -£4,885,000-£12,081,000
Net profit -£3,664,000-£9,089,000
Cash £8,219,000£1,939,000
Total assets less current liabilities -£3,740,000-£12,829,000
Net assets -£3,740,000-£12,829,000
Equity -£3,740,000-£12,829,000
Average employees 24
Wages £142,000£417,000
Directors' remuneration £600,000£700,000

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

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin -192.2%-135.9%
Net margin -144.3%-106.9%
Return on capital employed 130.5%90.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 138.9%322.6%
Current ratio 0.72x0.30x
Interest cover -976.00x-22.06x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In preparing these financial statements, the Directors must satisfy themselves that it is reasonable for them to adopt the going concern basis. The Company made a loss after tax of £9.1m (2024: £3.7m) and has net liabilities of £12.8m (2024: £3.7m). The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as there are no material uncertainties identified by the Directors that could cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern or honour its liabilities as they fall due for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. ENGINE BY STARLING LIMITED · parent
    1. Engine by Starling Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · service company for Engine

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
RIDLEY, Veronica Secretary 2024-06-11
BHATIA, Raman Director 2024-06-28 Nov 1978 British
EVERINGTON, Samuel Director 2022-02-18 Feb 1987 British
FERGUSON, Declan Director 2025-08-05 Jan 1989 British
REES, Harriet Lorna Director 2025-08-05 Jan 1990 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
NEWMAN, Matthew Secretary 2022-02-18 2024-06-11
AHMED, Adnan Director 2023-02-03 2025-08-05
BODEN, Anne Elizabeth Director 2022-02-18 2023-06-14
GALARIA, Faisal Director 2024-06-11 2025-08-05
MOUNTAIN, John Edmund Director 2022-02-18 2024-12-24
NEWMAN, Matthew Director 2022-02-18 2024-06-11
NEWTON, Victoria Director 2023-02-03 2026-03-13

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Starling Fs Services Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2022-02-18 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 33 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-11-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-10 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-07 SH02 capital Capital alter shares subdivision
2025-11-07 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-25 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2024-12-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2024-06-17 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-17 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-06-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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