. A SPACE STATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-42.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£43M
+20.5% vs 2023
Employees
70
+11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+1,326% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- . A SPACE STATION LIMITED 2020-11-18 → present
- . A SPACE STATION PLC 2002-11-05 → 2020-11-18
- A SPACE STATION PLC 1990-05-29 → 2002-11-05
- SURE STORE LIMITED 1983-01-24 → 1990-05-29
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £8,424,354 | £9,910,772 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,111,100 | £1,640,847 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £844,248 | £12,038,623 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £73,264 | £7,284,988 | |
| Cash | — | £2,497,743 | £766,112 | £8,960,662 | £5,124,329 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £128,530,329 | £141,701,136 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £35,613,463 | £42,898,451 | |
| Equity | £4,208,028 | £20,143,010 | £32,893,496 | £35,613,463 | £42,898,451 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 63 | 70 | |
| Wages | — | £1,307,148 | £1,722,460 | £1,908,433 | £2,756,651 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 13.2% | 16.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.9% | 73.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 0.9% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 73.2% | 76.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.89x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 0.22x | 0.21x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- . A SPACE STATION LIMITED · parent
- Rent a Space (Self Storage) Limited 100%
- Space Property 1 Limited 100%
- Space Property 2 Limited 100%
- Space Property 0 Limited 100%
- Space Property 3 Limited 100%
- Buy Properties Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, in February 2025, the Group completed the acquisition of a self-storage site that sits right next to one of the existing sites in the Midlands.”
- “The Group also continued the development of its investment properties under-development in the Midlands and the Southeast, further increasing its capacity across key UK markets.”
- “On 24 July 2025, the Group entered into a new financial derivative after its existing derivative expired on 30 April 2025.”
- “To support these acquisitions and developments, the Group secured additional external funding of £7.1m from multiple lenders. This financing was obtained between January 2025 and September 2025 on commercial terms.”
- “The Group has interest bearing loans with its ultimate parent of £30.6m (2023: £15.3m), repayable in October 2025. The Group has finalised an amendment to the terms of these loan agreements which would extend the maturity date to October 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIETERS, Thibaut | Director | 2023-05-06 | May 1989 | Belgian |
| SMEDLEY, Anthony Peter | Director | 2020-10-09 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, Alastair Scott | Secretary | — | 1996-10-23 |
| CALDWELL, Jean Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-05-23 | 2020-10-09 |
| SMEDLEY, Anthony Peter | Secretary | 2020-10-09 | 2020-11-18 |
| STEBBINGS, Ruth Dorothy | Secretary | 2007-03-19 | 2020-10-09 |
| STEBBINGS, Ruth | Secretary | 1996-10-23 | 1996-12-06 |
| TWEED, Lynn | Secretary | 1996-12-06 | 2007-03-19 |
| CALDWELL, Alastair Scott | Director | — | 2020-10-09 |
| CALDWELL, Jean Elizabeth | Director | — | 2014-05-23 |
| MANSKE, Christopher Matthew | Director | 2021-10-30 | 2023-05-06 |
| NELMES, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1992-02-28 | 2020-10-09 |
| RIJNOUDT, Erik Lodewijk Antun | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2021-10-29 |
| STEBBINGS, Ruth Dorothy | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2020-10-09 |
| STEBBINGS, Simon Antony | Director | 2014-12-22 | 2020-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alastair Scott Caldwell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+17.6%
£8,424,354 £9,910,772
-
Cash
-42.8%
£8,960,662 £5,124,329
-
Net assets
+20.5%
£35,613,463 £42,898,451
-
Employees
+11.1%
63 70
-
Operating profit
+47.7%
£1,111,100 £1,640,847
-
Profit before tax
+1,326%
£844,248 £12,038,623
-
Wages
+44.4%
£1,908,433 £2,756,651
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers