Annual accounts
Micro Entity accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
STERLING IP LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 46 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 7EE
- Classification (SIC)
- Solicitors (69.10/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Micro Entity
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 23/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton on 2026-06-19
- 23/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton as a person with significant control on 2026-06-19
- 20/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 16/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-16 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 90 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
30/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 16/10/2025Due 30/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 16/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 16/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures STERLING IP LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£251.43K2025
24.87%vs 20242024: £201.36K
Total Assets
£410.90K2025
-30.69%vs 20242024: £592.83K
Cash in Bank
£176.24K2021
First reported yearTotal Liabilities
£159.47K2025
-59.26%vs 20242024: £391.48K
Employees
22025
0vs 20242024: 2
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 59.26% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for STERLING IP LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through STERLING IP LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +57.4% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | -1 |
| 2023 | 3 | -1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 4 in 2021 to 2 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/01/2009–31/03/2012 | 3 | |
| Director | 17/01/2017–17/01/2017 | 4 | |
| Director | 06/07/2010–29/11/2011 | 1 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 15/10/2007–24/07/2013 | 5 | |
| Secretary | 01/02/2015–27/01/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 15/10/2007–Present | 1 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 05/04/2016–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 19/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 5
- +2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 23/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 23/07/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 20/12/2025
- Confirmation statement (2)Latest 16/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 23/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton on 2026-06-19
- 23/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton as a person with significant control on 2026-06-19
- 20/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 16/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-16 with updates
- 15/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-15 with no updates
- 23/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 29/10/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton as a person with significant control on 2023-11-30
- 29/10/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-15 with updates
- 29/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 06/12/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from The Phoenix Yard 5-9 Upper Brown Street Leicester LE1 5TE England to 46 Crossway Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 7EE on 2023-12-06
- 18/10/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-15 with no updates
- 12/09/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period extended from 2022-12-31 to 2023-03-31
Showing 12 of 16 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About STERLING IP LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
STERLING IP LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 46 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 7EE. Companies House classifies its business as Solicitors. It has been on the register for 18 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £251.43K and 2 employees.
STERLING IP LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records STERLING IP LTD under one registered business activity: Solicitors (69.10/2 - SIC 2007).
STERLING IP LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 15/10/2007.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £251.43K, total assets of £410.90K, cash in bank of £176.24K and total liabilities of £159.47K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 23/07/2026: Director's details changed for Ms Bernadette Angelina Hambleton on 2026-06-19, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 30/10/2026.
Companies House lists 6 officers (1 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.