STERLING RELOCATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-35.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-18.1% vs 2023
Employees
123
+5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£838K
+43.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- STERLING RELOCATION LIMITED 2006-07-06 → present
- STERLING CORPORATE RELOCATION LIMITED 2004-02-17 → 2006-07-06
- STERLING INTERNATIONAL MOVERS LIMITED 1991-12-11 → 2004-02-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,111,000 | £15,712,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£960,000 | -£401,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,480,000 | -£838,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,526,000 | -£742,000 | |
| Cash | £3,051,000 | £1,976,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,187,000 | £3,355,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,097,000 | £3,355,000 | |
| Equity | £4,097,000 | £3,355,000 | |
| Average employees | 117 | 123 | |
| Wages | £5,212,000 | £5,088,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.6% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | -8.9% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.9% | -12.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | -1.85x | -0.92x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual reports and accounts.”
Group structure
- STERLING RELOCATION LIMITED · parent
- Sterling Lexicon GmbH 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTAL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| BRANNIGAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jul 1966 | American |
| GANNON, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2018-05-15 | Apr 1970 | American |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Secretary | 2006-04-12 | 2006-09-19 |
| HART, David Robert | Secretary | 2008-08-15 | 2008-09-20 |
| HEXIMER, William Francis | Secretary | 2002-01-30 | 2006-04-12 |
| JOSEPH, Andrew Dennis | Secretary | 2006-09-19 | 2008-12-17 |
| LEVINE, Richard Lionel | Secretary | — | 2002-01-30 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Ralph | Secretary | 2009-01-07 | 2014-06-30 |
| SOPHEN, Jon Andrew Victor | Secretary | 2008-09-20 | 2009-01-07 |
| FILEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-11-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-09-23 | 2018-10-03 |
| BAEHLER, Patrick George | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2015-04-02 |
| BEGLIN, Jeremy Charles | Director | 2005-08-31 | 2014-06-30 |
| CARTER, Peter Nicholas | Director | — | 2005-07-12 |
| DENYER, Jennifer Olga | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2006-09-19 |
| HEXIMER, William Francis | Director | 2002-01-30 | 2006-04-12 |
| KAINTH, Kuldip | Director | 2002-01-30 | 2005-07-12 |
| KOZLOWSKI, Richard Leon | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-01-07 |
| LEVINE, Richard Lionel | Director | — | 2005-07-12 |
| MILLS, Jason Reynolds | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-05-15 |
| MORLEY, Rupert Oliver Henry | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2017-03-01 |
| NICOLSON, Ian Murdo | Director | 2000-05-24 | 2002-06-24 |
| PETZEL, James Robert | Director | 2017-01-13 | 2018-03-05 |
| PETZEL, James Robert | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2016-04-22 |
| POWERS, James Gerard | Director | 2015-04-02 | 2017-04-28 |
| PRICE, Simon | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2006-09-19 |
| SCHROEDER, Mark Norman | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Ralph | Director | 2009-01-07 | 2014-06-30 |
| SOPHER, Jon Andrew Victor | Director | 2008-08-18 | 2008-12-17 |
| STOTTLEMYRE, Lowell Brent | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2018-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexicon Emea Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-03-20 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-22 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.2%
£17,111,000 £15,712,000
-
Cash
-35.2%
£3,051,000 £1,976,000
-
Net assets
-18.1%
£4,097,000 £3,355,000
-
Employees
+5.1%
117 123
-
Operating profit
+58.2%
-£960,000 -£401,000
-
Profit before tax
+43.4%
-£1,480,000 -£838,000
-
Wages
-2.4%
£5,212,000 £5,088,000
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