NOVASTAR VENTURES LIMITED
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Cash
£576K
-57.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-18% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£452K
-204% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,105,359 | £2,904,511 | +38% | |
| Operating profit | -£650,996 | -£471,288 | +27.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £434,583 | -£451,967 | -204% | |
| Net profit | £440,761 | -£448,084 | -201.7% | |
| Cash | £1,364,277 | £576,120 | -57.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,505,188 | £2,053,221 | -18% | |
| Net assets | £2,486,108 | £2,038,024 | -18% | |
| Equity | £2,486,108 | £2,038,024 | -18% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | £679,340 | £861,559 | +26.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £432,925 | £592,925 | +37% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -30.9% | -16.2% | |
| Net margin | 20.9% | -15.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -26.0% | -23.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.27x | 7.12x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- NOVASTAR VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Novastar GP Limited 100%
- Novastar GP II Limited 100%
- Novastar Ventures DM1 Limited 100%
- Novastar Ventures DM2 Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, Nghi Thuy | Secretary | 2019-09-27 | — | — |
| BECK, Steven Robert | Director | 2019-09-27 | Aug 1959 | American |
| CARRUTHERS, Andrew Bruce | Director | 2019-09-27 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OPERU, Winnie Zesiro | Director | 2025-03-06 | Jan 1989 | Kenyan |
| TAN, Kim Sze | Director | 2019-12-16 | Feb 1955 | Malaysian |
| YAMADA, Shohei | Director | 2023-11-10 | Jan 1985 | Japanese |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUME, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2023-11-10 |
| TRAN, Nghi Thuy | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2023-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Bruce Carruthers | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-27 | Active |
| Mr Steven Robert Beck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-12-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-11-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2021-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.