STARLAB (UK), LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-35.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
102
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-14.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STARLAB (UK), LTD. 1998-10-27 → present
- USA/SCIENTIFIC (UK) LIMITED 1998-02-20 → 1998-10-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,307,799 | £25,699,307 | |
| Operating profit | £2,779,909 | £2,394,763 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,772,156 | £2,372,297 | |
| Net profit | £2,122,633 | £1,776,057 | |
| Cash | £3,611,639 | £2,340,748 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,950,891 | £7,981,985 | |
| Net assets | £7,340,932 | £7,116,989 | |
| Equity | £7,340,932 | £7,116,989 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 102 | |
| Wages | £3,676,042 | £3,593,775 |
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 | 11.4% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.0% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.70x | 5.06x | |
| Interest cover | 358.56x | 106.59x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Director has reviewed cash flow forecasts and is confident that the Company will be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG, David Matthew | Director | 2026-02-05 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, Linda Patricia | Secretary | 1998-02-20 | 2009-09-30 |
| ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-20 | 1998-02-20 |
| AMBOS, Klaus Jean | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2026-02-05 |
| AMBOS, Klaus Jean | Director | 2008-02-15 | 2012-09-25 |
| BARDEN, Colin James | Director | 2023-11-13 | 2024-07-19 |
| BURNS, William Aloysius | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| FANE DE SALIS, Denise | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2023-09-22 |
| PARTANEN, Paul | Director | 1998-10-16 | 2000-03-14 |
| PEPLOW, Heinz-Jorn | Director | 2008-02-15 | 2010-09-20 |
| RICHTER, Jorg | Director | 2008-02-15 | 2010-09-20 |
| RIEBOLD, Klaus Jurgen, Doctor | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2008-02-15 |
| SAUNDERS, Gordon Bernard | Director | 1998-02-20 | 2004-12-31 |
| ALDBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-20 | 1998-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+5.7%
£24,307,799 £25,699,307
-
Cash
-35.2%
£3,611,639 £2,340,748
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£7,340,932 £7,116,989
-
Employees
+6.3%
96 102
-
Operating profit
-13.9%
£2,779,909 £2,394,763
-
Profit before tax
-14.4%
£2,772,156 £2,372,297
-
Wages
-2.2%
£3,676,042 £3,593,775
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