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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Director presents his report and the financial statements of Sterna Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies for the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Sterna Holdings is a UK-based holding company with interests in three different groups: Forma (housing surveys, retail planning, design and store planning software); Meta Broadcast (media and entertainment SaaS platform) and Noveva (public sector/healthcare software platform). Sterna Holdings holds a controlling interest in the above groups in respect of the voting rights, and therefore the results of these groups are consolidated into these group accounts. However, the equity interests held by Sterna Holdings are a minority interest, and this is reflected by the minority interest (non-controlling interest) adjustments in the financial statements. Further details of voting rights and equity interests are included in note 14 of the financial statements.
The Group strategy focuses on diversification, leveraging synergies within businesses in each group to drive efficiency, innovation, and market reach. More specifically:
- CA Design Services provides surveys of residential housing for the UK government through a consortium, retail planning, design and architecture services. - Storespace provides a SaaS platform for retail store planning. - Meta Broadcast specialises in providing a SaaS metadata platform for entertainment service providers - Noveva Software group develops enterprise-grade software solutions for public sector and healthcare clients. During the year, Sterna acquired a minority stake in Thomson Screening Solutions (via Horus Holdings Limited), an innovative software solution for providing efficient delivery of vision and hearing screening in schools, as well as supporting health and education outcomes, including health needs, risk assessments, electronic consent, height and weight and mass immunisation management. The company helps over 40 NHS trusts, healthcare and education providers address the health and educational needs of children across the UK and beyond.
The key financial performance indicators are as follows:
KPI 31 December 2024 31 December 2023 Revenue £12,937,402 £6,894,175 Revenue Growth 88% n/a Operating Profit Margin 10.9% 9.9% Profit before tax £808,988 £500,718 The director considers the above ratios to be at acceptable levels for the year ended 31 December 2024
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Major risks include market competition in software and media, regulatory changes, cybersecurity threats, and macroeconomic uncertainties affecting investment and property demand. Risk mitigation strategies include continual technology investment, compliance monitoring and regular reviews.
The principal risks and uncertainties faced by the Group are those of general market and economic risks in common with other businesses in the current economic climate, particularly given inflationary pressures. The Director aims to manage these risks and uncertainties going forward in order to maintain and improve on the current level of performance. The Group anticipates sustained growth through continued investment in scalable software offerings, geographic expansion for Storespace, and leveraging emerging trends in the media and entertainment space. Market opportunities are identified and addressed through regular board meetings.
This report was approved by the board on 30 September 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The director is responsible for preparing the Group strategic report, the Director's report and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business.
The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the Group and to enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the year, after taxation and minority interests, amounted to £74,721 (2023 - £214,288).
The director who served during the year was:
The Group continues to pursue opportunities to improve its performance and financial position.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Post year end there has been three acquisitions within the Group:
• Noveva Software Group Limited acquired Mind of My Own Limited in February 2025. • Forma Innovations Limited acquired Retail Manager Solutions Limited in July 2025. • Forma Innovations Limited acquired Sofco Limited in September 2025. There have been no other significant events affecting the Group since the year end.
After the year end Barnes Roffe LLP resigned as auditors due to the transfer of its audit business and its successor Barnes Roffe Audit Limited was appointed by the directors under s485 Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Sterna Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Company Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Group strategic report and the Director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group strategic report and the Director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group strategic report or the Director's report.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Group financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
• The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; • We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the group through discussion with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the relevant sector; • The specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the Group, are as follows; o Companies Act 2006. o FRS102. o Health and Safety legislation. o Employment legislation. o Tax legislation. • We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing board minutes, inspecting certificates of compliance and inspecting legal correspondence; • Laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team at the planning meeting, and during the audit as any further laws and regulation were identified. The audit team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit; and • As auditors of some of the subsidiary companies, and from direct communications with component auditors for the other subsidiaries, we were able to cover the above matters at a group and component level and thereby ensure the audit team were aware of the above matters across all group companies. We assessed the susceptibility of the Group's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by: • Making enquires of management as to where they consider there was susceptibility to fraud and their knowledge of actual suspected and alleged fraud; • Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; • Reviewing the financial statements and testing the disclosures against supporting documentation; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected trends or anomalies; • Inspecting and testing journal entries to identify unusual or unexpected transactions; • Assessing whether judgement and assumptions made in determining significant accounting estimates were indicative of management bias; and • Investigating the rationale behind significant transactions, or transactions that are unusual or outside the company’s usual course of business. The areas that we identified as being susceptible to misstatement through fraud were: • Management bias in the estimates and judgements made;
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
• Management override of controls;
• Revenue recognition; and • Posting of unusual journals or transactions. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Charles Lake House
Claire Causeway
Crossways Business Park
Kent
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 12588721
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 17 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 12588721
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 12588721
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 17 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Sterna Holdings Limited is a limited company incorporated in the England and Wales. The address of the
registered office is 86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE. The principal activity of the Company during the year has been acting as a holding company. The principal activity of the Group is software development/platforms and the marketing and support of this software within media, healthcare, communications, retail and eCommerce verticals.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of comprehensive income in these financial statements.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the company and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases.
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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STERNA HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Income from development and consultancy, including training, is recognised as these services are provided to the customer, and by reference to the stage of completion. If it is not possible to distinguish between the research phase and the development phase of an internal project, the expenditure is treated as if it were all incurred in the research phase only.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on the following bases.
Depreciation is provided on the following bases:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Group has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Group's Balance sheet when the Group becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Research and development The Group's accounting policy in respect of development expenditure on software development is to capitalise development spend, if certain conditions are met in accordance with accounting standards, and this policy as outlined in note 2.6. Judgement is required to assess whether the asset will generate future economic benefits. Managemnet have then given consideration to the useful economic life of these development costs and have considered it appropriate that they are amortised over a five year period in line with the accounting policy noted at 2.6 and 2.11. Goodwill An estimation is made in relation to its recoverability and useful economic life. In determining the question of goodwill management have concluded that there are no separable intangible assets (see note 12). Impairment of debtors The Group makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade and other debtors. When asssessing impairment of trade and other debtors, management considers factors including the current rating of the debtor, the ageing profile of debtors and historical experience. Work in progress (included in trade debtors) The value of accrued income is determined by valuing unbilled work with reference to agreed hourly rates with customers. Management review work in progress regularly and a provision is made if recoverability of work is doubtful.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principal activities of the Group.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
11.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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16.Debtors (continued)
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21.Deferred taxation (continued)
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the Group are held separately from those of the Group in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Group to the fund and amounted to £197,366 (2023: £84,488). Contributions totalling £28,337 (2023: £36,965) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
• Noveva Software Group Limited acquired Mind of My Own Limited in February 2025. • Forma Innovations Limited acquired Retail Manager Solutions Limited in July 2025. • Forma Innovations Limited acquired Sofco Limited in September 2025. There have been no other significant events affecting the Group since the year end.
The controlling party is Mr K D Chinna.
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