STARK SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-06 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-67.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£10M
-85% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
244
+4.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£15M
+10.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £28,691,515 | £32,269,585 | £35,893,263 | £43,142,643 | £49,595,373 | |
| Operating profit | — | £10,006,594 | £11,388,553 | £12,381,943 | £13,768,504 | £15,350,150 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £10,060,894 | £11,422,335 | £12,438,542 | £13,986,321 | £15,425,399 | |
| Net profit | — | £8,860,593 | £10,697,653 | £11,424,685 | £11,567,064 | £14,137,940 | |
| Cash | — | £6,826,285 | £6,054,895 | £8,825,737 | £10,674,689 | £3,501,101 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £34,545,353 | £45,403,838 | £56,996,582 | £69,324,857 | £12,857,736 | |
| Net assets | — | £33,794,257 | £44,491,910 | £55,916,595 | £67,483,659 | £10,098,866 | |
| Equity | £24,718,134 | £33,794,257 | £44,491,910 | £55,916,595 | £67,483,659 | £10,098,866 | |
| Average employees | — | 197 | 199 | 225 | 233 | 244 | |
| Wages | — | £6,474,298 | £6,836,360 | £7,815,027 | £9,175,259 | £10,453,592 |
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 34.9% | 35.3% | 34.5% | 31.9% | 31.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 30.9% | 33.2% | 31.8% | 26.8% | 28.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 29.0% | 25.1% | 21.7% | 19.9% | 119.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 5.85x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 77387.14x | — | — |
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
- Jack Ross Limited
- 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
- “During the year, this has included significant investment in systems to prepare for Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement, the biggest change to electricity market regulation since the introduction of competition to the industry. In July 2025, SSIL qualified in the first wave of entities to be ready for MHHS making Stark the only all-services agent in the leading cohort.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARK, Joel Daniel Benjamin | Director | 2011-01-04 | Jul 1976 | British |
| WARREN, Alexander Matthew, Mr. | Director | 2014-12-16 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARK, Johanna Mary | Secretary | 1994-03-23 | 2016-06-25 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-23 | 1994-03-23 |
| HAUSER, Angela Elizabeth | Director | 1994-03-23 | 2016-05-26 |
| HIGGINS, David Alan | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2008-07-31 |
| ST CLAIR, Ashley | Director | 1994-03-23 | 2002-02-05 |
| STARK, Howard Paul | Director | 1994-03-23 | 2016-05-26 |
| STARK, Johanna Mary | Director | 1994-03-23 | 2016-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stark Software International (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+15%
£43,142,643 £49,595,373
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
-67.2%
£10,674,689 £3,501,101
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-85%
£67,483,659 £10,098,866
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+4.7%
233 244
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+11.5%
£13,768,504 £15,350,150
highest in 5 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+10.3%
£13,986,321 £15,425,399
highest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+13.9%
£9,175,259 £10,453,592
highest in 5 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