The Firmwatch take
Stanford Black Limited is a 11-year-old property and support services, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 March 2025) show GBP 266k in net assets, with 2 cautionary signals worth monitoring. Most recent public risk event: first gazette notice.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
1 public risk event on file
Incorporated
3 March 2015
11 years on the register
Sector
Employment activities
SIC 78109 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£266k
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Risk events
1 on file
Public Gazette / Companies House
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Address pattern · WC2H 9JQ
89,670 other UK companies are registered at this postcode — a high-volume registered-office service. Treat as a flag, not a verdict.
Active
82k
Dissolved
2,704
Strike-off action
4,682
Sector benchmark · Property and Support Services
How this company compares in 185,966 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — Stanford Black Limited shows £266k in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Risk events · monitored daily
1 event on the watchtower
- 16 Sept 2024
First gazette notice
London Gazette
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Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£266k
Top 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 185,966 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£335k
Median £4k
Current ratio
0.6×
Median 1.3×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
Recent activity
Filings and risk events
- 16 Sept 2024First gazette notice
People
Who runs this company
- HP
HAYWARD, Peter James
director · since 2015
Registered office
Address intelligence
89,670 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
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