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Company No. 05399465 · Incorporated 20 Mar 2005

Stella Enterprises Limited

Registered name: STELLA ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Part of The Independents Holding Limited group

Stella Enterprises Limited made £47.7m revenue and £8.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Stella Enterprises Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £47.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.1m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70210Public relations and communications activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
21 yrs · since 2005
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 Independents Creative Collective UK Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£47.7m
Growth ▲24.8%
Profit
£8.1m
Growth ▲53.7%
Profit margin
17.1%
Gross 22.7%
Employees
14
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£581k
Revenue/employee £3.4m
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.5m£29.8m£21.3m£38.2m£47.7m
Cost of sales£14.7m£23m£16.5m£29.1m£36.9m
Gross profit£5.8m£6.8m£4.8m£9.2m£10.8m
Operating profit£5.6m£6m£4m£7.2m£8.4m
Profit before tax£5.6m£6m£3.9m£7.1m£8.1m
Profit after tax£4.5m£4.9m£3.2m£5.3m£8.1m
Profit (best available)£4.5m£4.9m£3.2m£5.3m£8.1m
Staff costs£457k£580k£617k£1.3m£1.3m
Employees (average)712121414
Ratios
Profit margin22%16.3%15.1%13.9%17.1%
Gross margin28.2%23%22.4%24%22.7%
Revenue per employee£2.9m£2.5m£1.8m£2.7m£3.4m
Profit per employee£645k£405k£268k£378k£581k
Cash conversion60.6%48.2%122.4%——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth————▲24.8%
Profit growth————▲53.7%
Headcount growth————0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.1m£9m£14m£2m£4.2m
Net assets£7.2m£12m£15.3m£6.6m£11.9m
Fixed assets£413k£407k£230k£1.1m£997k
Current assets£12.2m£17.9m£18.3m£12.3m£19.6m
Debtors£3.7m£5.8m£3.1m£7.9m£11.2m
Deferred income£2.6m£1.8m£1.3m£2.1m£6m
Cash from operations£3.4m£2.9m£4.8m——
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
17.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£3.4m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£581k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
12.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
23.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲79%
Now £11.9m
Cash at bank
▲114%
Now £4.2m
Headcount
0%
Now 14
Deferred income
▲194%
Now £6m
Fixed assets
▼12%
Now £997k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Independents Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. The Independents Creative Collective UK Limited75–100%
  3. Stella Enterprises Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (7)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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