SPARTAN DIRECT LIMITED
Company number 03275287 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Spartan Direct Limited operates as a small, niche wholesale distributor within the UK industrial storage equipment market, benefiting from group-level backing through Racking Group Holdings Ltd but exhibiting significant financial volatility that raises questions about its standalone sustainability. The dramatic erosion of net assets from £314k in FY2022 to just £24k in FY2024—before partial recovery to £64k in FY2025—suggests either substantial trading losses, intra-group capital redistribution, or a combination of both, and the opaque small-company filing regime makes definitive assessment challenging. While the business demonstrates cash retention capabilities and benefits from interest-free group financing, its thin equity base and aggressive gearing position it vulnerably within a sector where working capital intensity and cyclical demand require robust balance sheet resilience.
Shareholders' funds
£63,983
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-11-07
- Employees
- 7 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Dairy Barns Nuthurst Grange Lane, Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, England, B94 5NL
- Postcode
- B94 5NL
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-15
- Next due by
- 2026-09-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 3 current · 4 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by RACKING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD — since 2022-08-26
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- spartandirect.co.uk
- Phone
- 01217063591
Supplier of storage equipment & industrial partitioning for businesses, including Pallet Racking, Shelving, Mezzanine Floors & Office Refurbishment.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SPARTAN HOUSE 131 WHITEFIELDS HOUSE, SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS, B91 3NY, UNITED KINGDOM | 2014-11-25 |
| FAIRGATE HOUSE, KINGS ROAD, TYSLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B11 2AA | 2014-11-25 |
| FAIRGATE HOUSE, KINGS ROAD, TYSKLEY, BIRMINGHAM B11 2AA | 2005-11-09 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 438 similar companies in B, with 7 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 191 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Birmingham.
The class of 1996
38%
of the 278 companies in this sector incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.