{"name":"SPARK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED","company_number":"02841021","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1993-07-30","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"5 Cranmere Court Lustleigh Close, Matford Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8PW","postcode":"EX2 8PW","sic_codes":[{"code":86900,"description":"Other human health activities"}],"principal_activity":"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.","previous_names":[{"name":"HOSPEDIA LIMITED","changed_on":"2023-08-08"},{"name":"PATIENTLINE UK LIMITED","changed_on":"2008-10-07"},{"name":"PATIENTLINE LIMITED","changed_on":"2001-03-09"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":129,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","turnover":9861,"profit_loss":13815,"net_assets":22119,"cash":18,"average_employees":129},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","turnover":8630,"profit_loss":2249,"net_assets":8304,"cash":10,"average_employees":122},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","turnover":8907,"profit_loss":1484,"net_assets":6055,"cash":28,"average_employees":88}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":54,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":7,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.sparktsl.com","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/spark-technology-services","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02841021","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/spark-technology-services/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/spark-technology-services"}