Sterling Alliance Ltd
Registered name: STERLING ALLIANCE LTD
Part of Structadene Limited groupSterling Alliance Ltd made £264k revenue and a £104k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Sterling Alliance Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £264k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £104k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is Searchgrade Limited. The ultimate parent undertaking is Structadene Limited, which is the only undertaking to produce consolidated financial statements. The r”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £242k | £239k | £264k |
| Cost of sales | £22.2k | £25.9k | — |
| Gross profit | £220k | £213k | £212k |
| Operating profit | £212k | £205k | £202k |
| Profit before tax | £113k | £280k | −£172k |
| Profit after tax | £70k | £210k | −£104k |
| Profit (best available) | £70k | £210k | −£104k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29% | 88% | −39.3% |
| Gross margin | 90.8% | 89.1% | 80.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲200.1% | ▼149.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.5k | £6.2k | £19.5k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Debtors | £17.6k | £30.1k | £8.3k |
| Deferred income | £61.2k | £61.4k | £63.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −39.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲216%
- Now £19.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £63.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Structadene Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Searchgrade Limited75–100%
- Sterling Alliance Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Stonehaven LimitedRev. £88.6k · Profit −£36.5k
- Chelmer House (No 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shanpark LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£104k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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