Stella Enterprises Limited
Registered name: STELLA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of The Independents Holding Limited groupStella 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.
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 22% | 16.3% | 15.1% | 13.9% | 17.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.2% | 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 conversion | 60.6% | 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 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Independents Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Independents Creative Collective UK Limited75–100%
- Stella Enterprises Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Ma Group London LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit £42k
- 360Pm Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.I. PR LtdFigures not disclosed
- Atelier Athem LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inca Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunshine Partners Group LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- We Are Ona LtdFigures 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 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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