SOLSTAR LIMITED
Company number 02471208 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Solstar Limited is a deeply established niche manufacturer leveraging recent capital investments and strategic parentage to capture demand in the retail display market. However, the company's aggressive growth is currently financed by an unsustainable expansion of trade debtors and invoice factoring, presenting a critical working capital risk. To secure its future, management must urgently optimize cash conversion cycles and mitigate the concentration risk inherent in its relationship with L & J Display Limited.
Shareholders' funds
£1,158,604
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-02-16
- Employees
- 56 (2026 accounts · was 52 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 26-27 Leeside, Merrylees Industrial Estate, Desford, Leicestershire, LE9 9FS
- Postcode
- LE9 9FS
- Capital
- 30,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-03
- Next due by
- 2027-02-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20160 Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
Officers 5 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by L & J DISPLAY LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- solstar.co.uk
We specialise in bringing your retail concepts to life by turning ideas into reality with stunning and functional retail displays.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SOLSTAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED | 2026-09-05 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 3B CUTTERS CLOSE, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE19 2FZ | 2013-01-03 |
| UNIT A, ROSEBERY STREET, LEICESTER, LE5 4GN | 1997-11-28 |
| WINSTON AVENUE, CROFT, LEICESTER, LE9 6FQ | 1991-04-06 |
| BELMOUNT HOUSE, SALISBURY ROAD, LEICESTER | 1991-02-08 |
| RICHMOND HOUSE, 52 MUCKLOW HILL, HALESOWEN, BIRMINGHAM B62 8BL | 1990-03-12 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 67 similar companies in LE — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (56 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
The class of 1990
50%
of the 20,399 companies incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.