Istar Capital Ltd
Registered name: ISTAR CAPITAL LTD
Istar Capital Ltd made £692k revenue and a £722k loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Istar Capital Ltd’s revenue fell 59% to £692k in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £722k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Colindale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colindale, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 ultimate controlling party is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £517k | £1.1m | £1.7m | £692k |
| Operating profit | −£153k | −£135k | £258k | £25.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£173k | £118k | £1.2m | −£652k |
| Profit after tax | −£173k | £118k | £1.2m | −£722k |
| Profit (best available) | −£173k | £118k | £1.2m | −£722k |
| Staff costs | — | £554k | £340k | £350k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −33.5% | 10.9% | 69.9% | −104.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £258k | £541k | £839k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | −£86.6k | £59.1k | £586k | −£361k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −118.8% | −131.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲109.2% | ▲55.1% | ▼58.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲890.5% | ▼161.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.7k | £90.7k | £127k | £70.7k |
| Net assets | £541k | £659k | £1.8m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £42.2k | £48.4k | £39.6k | £72.4k |
| Current assets | £646k | £1m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £36.4k | £98.2k | £48.3k | £56.5k |
| Deferred income | £30k | £20.4k | £72.1k | £26.9k |
| Cash from operations | £125k | −£70.3k | −£306k | −£33.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −104.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£361k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £70.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼63%
- Now £26.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £72.4k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£722k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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