Star Legal Limited
Registered name: STAR LEGAL LIMITED
Part of Star Legal Management Limited groupStar Legal Limited made £14.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Star Legal Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £12.7m | £13m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.9m | £9.9m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £229k | £345k | £85.8k | £554k |
| Profit before tax | £801k | £1.1m | £2.2m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £678k | £872k | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £678k | £872k | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £925k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 33 | 34 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 6.9% | 12.6% | 17.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 21.8% | 23.5% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £363k | £385k | £381k | £391k |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £26.4k | £47.9k | £68k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.8% | ▲2% | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲86.6% | ▲54.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲3% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £188k | £187k | £331k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £720k | £873k | £1m | £798k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £391k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £68k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲251%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Star Legal Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SL Trustees Limited75–100%
- Star Legal Management Limited75–100%
- Star Legal Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- CMHT LLPFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Horton LLPFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- SL Bristol LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SL Trustees 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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