STAR CARGO PLC

Active Company number 01870657

STAR CARGO PLC (company number 01870657) is a public limited company incorporated on 11 December 1984. Its status on the Companies House register is Active. Its registered office is in St Albans, AL3 6PA. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100). Its latest accounts we hold, for the period ending 30 September 2025, report turnover of £133.0m and net assets of £33.4m.

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Company Report on STAR CARGO PLC (PDF)

Page 1 answers whether we would trade with it, and on what terms, by rules stated on the page. The register, the accounts and the people behind the company in one PDF, for your own business use.

The verdict: would we trade with it, on what terms: a starting credit limit from the latest balance sheet, the risk grade with its reasons, and the checks to make before you sign
Summary and Health Score: with the reasons behind the score
Red flags: and what changed in the last 12 months
Key figures: the accounts to 30 Sep 2025 against the year before
Filing deadlines: accounts due 31 Mar 2027; confirmation statement due 22 Jan 2027
Financials ledger: 2 years of filed accounts held (2024–2025)
Who runs and owns it: 1 PSC
Charges: 0 outstanding of 4 charges registered
Filing history and methodology: with sources and a disclaimer

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Company details

Company number: 01870657
Status: Active
Company type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 11 December 1984
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Registered office: STAR CARGO HOUSE 1 PARKWAY
PORTERS WOOD
ST ALBANS
HERTFORDSHIRE
AL3 6PA

Nature of business (SIC 2007)

70100 — Activities of head offices

Accounts and confirmation statement

Accounting reference date: 30 September
Accounts category: GROUP
Accounts last made up to: 30 September 2025
Next accounts due: 31 March 2027
Confirmation statement last made up to: 8 January 2026
Next confirmation statement due: 22 January 2027

Financial summary

Period ending	30 September 2025 Check: read from a scan, not yet confirmed	30 September 2024 Check: read from a scan, not yet confirmed
Turnover	£133.0m^check	£130.6m^check
Operating profit	£7.0m^check	£6.5m^check
Profit before tax	£8.0m^check	£7.5m^check
Profit after tax	£5.9m^check	£5.6m^check
Total assets	—	£49.7m^check
Cash at bank	£5.9m^check	£3.7m^check
Current liabilities	£20.7m^check	£19.1m^check
Net current assets	£18.2m	£15.8m
Total liabilities	—	£20.3m
Net assets	£33.4m^check	£29.4m^check

—: no figure read from the filing.

Year to 30 September 2025: cash, current assets, creditors due within a year, debtors, gross profit, creditors due after a year, net assets, employees, operating profit, profit after tax, profit before tax, shareholders' funds, turnover were read from a scanned or PDF filing and no second reading has confirmed them yet. Check them against the filing before relying on them.
Year to 30 September 2024: cash, current assets, creditors due within a year, debtors, fixed assets, gross profit, creditors due after a year, net assets, employees, operating profit, profit after tax, profit before tax, shareholders' funds, total assets, turnover were read from a scanned or PDF filing and no second reading has confirmed them yet. Check them against the filing before relying on them.

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Control, officers and charges

Persons with significant control: 1 current (2 including ceased)
Charges (mortgages): 4 registered, 0 outstanding, 4 satisfied

Questions about STAR CARGO PLC

Is STAR CARGO PLC active?

Yes. The Companies House register shows the company's status as “Active”. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.)

When was STAR CARGO PLC incorporated?

STAR CARGO PLC was incorporated on 11 December 1984, according to the Companies House register. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.)

Where is STAR CARGO PLC registered?

Its registered office is in St Albans, AL3 6PA. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.)

Who controls STAR CARGO PLC?

The register lists 1 current person with significant control (2 including those who have ceased). The register shows control, not a list of shareholders. Individuals are named at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01870657/persons-with-significant-control. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.) Who owns a UK limited company: shareholders, PSCs and what the register shows

When are STAR CARGO PLC's next accounts due?

The register shows the next accounts as due by 31 March 2027. Its latest accounts on the register were made up to 30 September 2025. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.)

Does STAR CARGO PLC file dormant accounts?

Not in its latest accounts. The register gives their category as “Group accounts”, made up to 30 September 2025. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.) What a dormant company is and what it must file

Does STAR CARGO PLC have any charges registered against it?

Yes. The register shows 4 charges: 0 outstanding and 4 satisfied. The charges themselves are listed at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01870657/charges. (Companies House register, as at 1 October 2026.) Company charges: what a mortgage or debenture means and how to read one

Is STAR CARGO PLC on a sanctions list?

No match for this company's name on the sanctions lists CompanyStack screens (UK, EU, OFAC SDN, OFAC non-SDN, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, US CSL) as at 10 October 2026. A name screen is not legal clearance.

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