SPARK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
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Executive summary
SPARK Technology Services Limited represents a heritage player in the UK hospital bedside technology market, leveraging 30 years of NHS relationships through its PatientLine and Hospedia lineage. While the company maintains a strong net asset position of £8.3M, the 3.1% revenue decline to £8.63M runs counter to broader healthtech sector growth, and the critically low cash position of just £10k raises material concerns about working capital resilience despite likely group-level treasury arrangements. The 2023 rebrand signals a necessary strategic pivot from legacy hardware models toward platform-based delivery, but execution risk remains significant given constrained NHS capital budgets and increasing competitive pressure from both specialised and broader healthtech providers.
Shareholders' funds
£8,304
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the provision of transformative patient experience and hospital entertainment applications; full branded, safe and secure, high-speed internet connectivity and customer and marketing focused analytics software. The Company also develops bed management and patient flow management solutions for hospitals. In addition, the Company's operating software is licensed to hospitals outside of the UK.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-07-30
- Employees
- 80 (2024 accounts · was 88 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 5 Cranmere Court Lustleigh Close, Matford Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8PW
- Postcode
- EX2 8PW
- Capital
- 2,400,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 3 current · 54 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by KINETIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED — since 2021-07-01
Controlled by HOSPEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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HOSPEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dissolved
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HOSPEDIA NORTH AMERICA LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£128,078 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5135374 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
31.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2018/19
Contact details
- Website
- hospedia.co.uk
- Phone
- 0048686350, 014283402602, 01428502977
Enhance patient experience and save money with SPARK TSL's bedside technology. Our platform improves the healthcare journey, provides entertainment, and promotes sustainability.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HOSPEDIA LIMITED | 2023-08-08 |
| PATIENTLINE UK LIMITED | 2008-10-07 |
| PATIENTLINE LIMITED | 2001-03-09 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| LANDMARK PLACE 1-5 WINDSOR ROAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 2EJ | 2020-03-09 |
| 1-5 WINDSOR ROAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 2EJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-08-22 |
| LANDMARK PLACE 4 WINDSOR ROAD, SLOUGH, SL1 2EJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-10-18 |
| THAMES VALLEY COURT, 183-187 BATH ROAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 4AA | 2010-08-09 |
| CONNAUGHT HOUSE 2ND FLOOR, 46/48 HIGH STREET, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE SL1 1ELBZ | 2003-10-29 |
| LITTLEWORTH SPINNEY COMMON LANE, LITTLEWORTH COMMON, BURNHAM, BUCKS SL1 8PP | 1994-03-08 |
Among its peers
3rd largest employer
of 288 similar companies in EX, with 80 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Exeter
This company ranks 174 among other human health activities in Exeter.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,069 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-05-30
- Where
- West Yorkshire (1), Greater London (1), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY182121 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2023-05-30 | — |
| SGL677854 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2006-08-29 | — |
| MAN55381 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2006-07-11 | — |
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