STERLING (EMEA) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£870K
-3.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+15.7% vs 2023
Employees
75
-14.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£800K
-13.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- STERLING (EMEA) LTD 2019-04-01 → present
- STERLING TALENT SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2016-07-20 → 2019-04-01
- STERLINGBACKCHECK UK LIMITED 2014-05-12 → 2016-07-20
- CHECKWELL DECISION LIMITED 2007-01-16 → 2014-05-12
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 | £27,320,335 | £26,504,856 | |
| Operating profit | £923,491 | £799,765 | |
| Profit before tax | £923,491 | £799,765 | |
| Net profit | £684,521 | £510,112 | |
| Cash | £904,843 | £870,452 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,251,637 | £3,761,749 | |
| Net assets | £3,251,637 | £3,761,749 | |
| Equity | £3,251,637 | £3,761,749 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 75 | |
| Wages | £4,985,672 | £5,552,631 |
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 | 3.4% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.4% | 21.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.0% | 92.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.08x |
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
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result of the above, the Directors of the company believe that the Company has access to adequate liquidity given the support provided by First Advantage and for this reason have determined that is appropriate for the financial statements of the Company to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JARDINE, Bret Thomas | Secretary | 2024-10-31 | — | — |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-03-11 | — | — |
| JARDINE, Bret Thomas | Director | 2024-10-31 | Jul 1966 | American |
| MARKS, Steven Irwin | Director | 2024-10-31 | Apr 1986 | American |
| STAPLES, Scott David | Director | 2024-10-31 | Nov 1965 | American |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Steven Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| DRYSDALE, Dean, Dr | Secretary | 2007-01-16 | 2012-04-18 |
| O'BRIEN, Daniel | Secretary | 2014-02-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| PORTER, Andrew | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-01 |
| REIBEN, Andrew | Secretary | 2012-04-18 | 2014-01-31 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-01-16 | 2007-01-16 |
| BARNETT, Steven Lawrence | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| DINESEN, Dave | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2012-04-18 |
| DINESEN, David | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2015-01-01 |
| DINESEN, Steve | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2012-04-18 |
| DRYSDALE, Dean, Dr | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2012-04-18 |
| GREENBLATT, William | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| GREENBLATT, William | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2015-01-01 |
| HART, Clare | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-03-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Daniel | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| PEIREZ, Joshua | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| REIBEN, Andrew | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2014-01-31 |
| WALKER, Peter Alexander | Director | 2019-07-11 | 2023-11-10 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-01-16 | 2007-01-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Backcheck Canada Corp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-29 | EW03 | officers | Withdrawal of the secretaries register information from the public register | |
| 2025-05-29 | EW01 | officers | Withdrawal of the directors register information from the public register | |
| 2025-05-23 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-05-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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
-3%
£27,320,335 £26,504,856
-
Cash
-3.8%
£904,843 £870,452
-
Net assets
+15.7%
£3,251,637 £3,761,749
-
Employees
-14.8%
88 75
-
Operating profit
-13.4%
£923,491 £799,765
-
Profit before tax
-13.4%
£923,491 £799,765
-
Wages
+11.4%
£4,985,672 £5,552,631
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