Digital Sterling Limited
Registered name: DIGITAL STERLING LIMITED
Digital Sterling Limited made £1.4m revenue and £14.2k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Digital Sterling Limited’s revenue grew 79% to £1.4m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £14.2k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Leeds; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £788k | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £613k | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £176k | £273k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £15.5k | £17.3k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £15.5k | £17.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £12.8k | £14.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £12.8k | £14.2k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 1.6% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 22.3% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £98.6k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £1.6k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲79% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▲10.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | 0% | — | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | — | £5.5k | £313 |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £16.6k | £29.4k | £29.4k | £43.6k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | — | — | £600 |
| Current assets | £50.2k | £51.5k | £124k | £124k | £240k |
| Debtors | — | — | — | £44k | £68k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £43.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £313
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £600
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £14.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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