BLACKSTAR AMPLIFICATION LTD
Company number 05187927 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Blackstar Amplification Ltd presents a mixed risk profile. The company retains a solid net asset base of £4.8M and a 20-year track record in its specialist market, but FY2025 reveals a sharp deterioration: revenue fell 28.5%, the company swung to a £456K post-tax loss, and cash reserves declined 81% to just £360K. The primary risk is liquidity — if US tariff disruption persists or revenue does not recover in FY2026, the current cash trajectory is unsustainable without external support or asset realisation. Further due diligence is essential on the group structure, banking arrangements, and the recoverability of the increased inventory position.
Shareholders' funds
£4,798,283
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of design, manufacture, sale and distribution of guitar amplification equipment, musical instruments and associated products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-07-23
- Employees
- 48 (2025 accounts · was 45 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Beckett House, 14 Billing Road, Northampton, Northants, NN1 5AW
- Postcode
- NN1 5AW
- Capital
- 400 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-23
- Next due by
- 2027-08-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26400 Manufacture of consumer electronics
Officers 3 current · 11 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BLACKSTAR INSTRUMENT GROUP LIMITED — since 2022-09-27
Controlled by CARRY-ON PRODUCTS LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CREAM ENGINEERING LIMITED | 2006-07-20 |
| REVOLVER AMPLIFICATION LIMITED | 2005-11-02 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 13-15 REGENT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 5BS | 2009-07-03 |
| 13-15 REGENT STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 5BS | 2009-07-03 |
| REGENCY HOUSE, 17 ALBION PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHANTS NN1 1UD | 2007-02-16 |
| TERNION COURT, 264-268 UPPER FOURTH STREET, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MK9 1DP | 2006-01-30 |
| SOVEREIGN HOUSE, 7 STATION ROAD, KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN15 7HH | 2005-12-09 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 15 similar companies in NN
The largest employer among its local peers (48 staff).
Trading since 2004.
Competitors Northampton
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6. VALVECS LTD
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of consumer electronics in Northampton.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,819 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.