TORQUE RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,297
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
+24.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TORQUE RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED 2011-04-28 → present
- ELITE RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED 2009-08-03 → 2011-04-28
- ELITE PROCESSING LIMITED 1993-03-09 → 2009-08-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £78,376,000 | £92,295,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,594,000 | £9,408,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,599,000 | £9,429,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,663,000 | £6,976,000 | |
| Cash | — | £9,401,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,772,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £14,464,000 | |
| Equity | — | £14,464,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 1,297 | |
| Wages | £27,109,000 | £33,993,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 52.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 58.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 75.19x | 34.09x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TORQUE RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Torque E-Commerce Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINSON, Martin Donald | Secretary | 2019-03-21 | — | — |
| FIRTH, Stewart Paul | Director | 1996-08-21 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HOWARTH, Timothy Simon | Director | 2011-01-10 | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARCY, Eamonn Patrick Andrew | Secretary | 2011-04-28 | 2017-07-31 |
| DIMOND, Diane Marjorie | Secretary | 1994-06-08 | 1996-08-21 |
| FISHER, Don | Secretary | — | 1994-05-26 |
| FRIEL, Edward Joseph | Secretary | 2008-01-10 | 2011-04-28 |
| JOYCE, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 1996-08-21 | 2008-01-10 |
| HAMILTON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-07-31 | 2019-03-21 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-03-09 | 1993-03-09 |
| DARCY, Eamonn Patrick Andrew | Director | 2002-07-19 | 2017-07-31 |
| DIMOND, Diane Marjorie | Director | 1995-05-15 | 1996-08-21 |
| FISHER, Don | Director | — | 1995-09-28 |
| FRIEL, Edward Joseph | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2013-06-04 |
| HAGUE, David | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2002-07-30 |
| WILKINSON, Graham | Director | — | 1998-05-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-03-09 | 1994-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torque Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-22 | Active |
| Torque Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+17.8%
£78,376,000 £92,295,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+23.9%
£7,594,000 £9,408,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.1%
£7,599,000 £9,429,000
-
Wages
+25.4%
£27,109,000 £33,993,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers