CAA Stellar: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
CAA Stellar Sports Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Francois - Henri Pinault. It holds more than 25% but not more than 50% of the company. In the year to September 2025 CAA Stellar Sports Limited reported turnover of £51m.
- Registered name
- CAA STELLAR SPORTS LIMITED
- Company number
- 04169356
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 27 February 2001
- Registered office area
- West London
- Industry code on the register
- 82990: Office administrative, office support and other business support
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to September 2025, filed 9 July 2026
What does CAA Stellar do?
CAA Stellar is a football agency that represents professional players and coaches, negotiating their contracts, transfers and commercial deals. It earns money mainly from commission and fees on those contracts and transfers. The business grew out of the Stellar Group, a London agency, and is part of Creative Artists Agency, the Los Angeles talent agency that represents people across sport, film, music and television.
In brief: football agency · player and coach representation · contract commission · part of CAA
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: caastellar.com.
Who owns CAA Stellar?
The Companies House register records Francois - Henri Pinault as the person with significant control of CAA Stellar Sports Limited, company number 04169356. It holds more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares or voting rights. The control was notified on 27 September 2023.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs CAA Stellar?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for CAA Stellar Sports Limited.
All 6 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| David Manasseh | 13 March 2001 |
| David Manasseh | 13 March 2001 |
| Joshua Barnett | 5 July 2016 |
| Paul Andrew Danforth | 29 February 2024 |
| Matthew Gerard O'Donohoe | 29 February 2024 |
| Michael James Levine | 29 February 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did CAA Stellar file?
CAA Stellar Sports Limited reported turnover of £51m in the year to September 2025. That was up 15.2% on £44m the year before.
The year before it reported 74.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £15m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £10m the year before.
Staff costs came to £20m. It ended the year with £14m at the bank and net assets of £44m. It paid dividends of £7m.
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51m | £44m |
| Pre-tax profit | £15m (filed) | £10m (filed) |
| Employees | n/d | 74 |
| Staff costs | £20m | £16m |
| Average staff cost per head | n/d | £213,000 |
| Bank and cash | £14m | £17m |
| Net assets | £44m | £40m |
| Dividends paid | £7m | £8m |
| Interest received | £0.3m | |
| Directors' pay | £3m |
Read the accounts to September 2025 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against CAA Stellar?
CAA Stellar Sports Limited has registered 2 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
CAA Stellar files as CAA Stellar Sports Limited, whose person with significant control is Francois - Henri Pinault, with turnover of £51m in its latest filed year.
Questions about CAA Stellar
What does CAA Stellar do?
CAA Stellar is a football agency that represents professional players and coaches, negotiating their contracts, transfers and commercial deals. It earns money mainly from commission and fees on those contracts and transfers. The business grew out of the Stellar Group, a London agency, and is part of Creative Artists Agency, the Los Angeles talent agency that represents people across sport, film, music and television.
Who owns CAA Stellar?
The Companies House register records Francois - Henri Pinault as the person with significant control of CAA Stellar Sports Limited. It holds more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares or voting rights.
How much does CAA Stellar make?
CAA Stellar Sports Limited reported turnover of £51m in the year to September 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £15m.
Who runs CAA Stellar?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for CAA Stellar Sports Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from CAA Stellar Sports Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 04169356, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “CAA Stellar: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/caa-stellar/. Figures from Companies House filings for CAA STELLAR SPORTS LIMITED (04169356).
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