STONE SPAR STORES LIMITED
Company number 03516800 · Monitor this company
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Stone Spar Stores Limited represents a terminal case within the UK convenience retail sector, having deteriorated from net assets of £140k in 2019 to net liabilities of £294k by 2025—a £434k erosion that far exceeds typical sector volatility. The business's current ratio of 0.34:1, declining cash position, and ballooning creditor balances (particularly "other creditors" of £335k) indicate it has been sustained by related-party funding rather than organic profitability, and the move to liquidation is consistent with the balance sheet reality. This outcome reflects broader structural pressures in the independent c-store sector—inflation, wage costs, discounter competition, and business rates—but the severity of this decline suggests compounding operational or management factors beyond sector norms alone.
Shareholders' funds
-£294,376
Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-02-25
- Registered office
- 126 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7JA
- Postcode
- LE1 7JA
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-02-25
- Next due by
- 2026-03-11 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47110 Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Officers 1 current · 10 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.stonespar.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 802 THE CONRAN BUILDING, 25 CHURCH STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 1PE | 2012-03-26 |
| C/O SPAR, 2-4 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 5QA | 2010-05-05 |
| 381 KINGSWAY, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 4QD | 1998-03-09 |
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2009-07-02
- Where
- Greater Manchester (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN144103 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2009-07-02 | — |
| MAN143393 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2009-06-19 | — |
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