TPG SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-23% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-26.9% vs 2023
Employees
70
-35.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£296K
-84% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,423,000 | £15,282,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,744,000 | £189,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,852,000 | £296,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,755,000 | £368,000 | |
| Cash | £2,100,000 | £1,618,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,603,000 | £4,094,000 | |
| Equity | £5,603,000 | £4,094,000 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 70 | |
| Wages | £7,047,000 | £4,659,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.9% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | 174.40x | 4.72x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- 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. In addition, the Company has received a letter of support from Science Group plc which evidences the intent of the parent to continue to provide financial support.”
Significant events
- “On 19 March 2025 the Group announced it had agreed new bank borrowing facilities with Lloyds Bank plc. Two new Term Loans for a combined value of £12.0 million, each for 10 years expiring in March 2035. New RCF for £30.0 million, expiring in March 2030, an increase of £5.0 million over 2021 RCF.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT, Jon | Director | 2023-01-27 | Aug 1979 | British |
| COLE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-27 | Jul 1979 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHDOWN, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 1994-12-01 | 2006-01-20 |
| BRAY, Stephen | Secretary | 2008-11-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| LAFFERTY, Madeleine Cheryl | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1994-12-01 |
| MACPHERSON, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2017-02-06 | 2022-05-01 |
| WILLS, Ian Leonard | Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2008-11-01 |
| JPCORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1993-09-02 |
| ASHDOWN, Timothy Charles | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2006-01-20 |
| BRAY, Stephen | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| CUSSEN, Christopher Adrian | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2006-01-20 |
| KINGS, Simon John Nicholson | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2018-02-09 |
| LAFFERTY, Stephen Paul | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| MACPHERSON, Claire Louise | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2021-10-15 |
| STROUD, Derren Mark | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2023-05-31 |
| TILDESLEY, Kevan Grant | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2005-10-25 |
| TUCKER, Luke Alexander | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2023-03-20 |
| WILLS, Ian Leonard | Director | 2011-04-26 | 2016-10-25 |
| WILLS, Ian Leonard | Director | 2003-04-06 | 2008-11-01 |
| JPCORD LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-09-01 | 1993-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-11 | Active |
| Tp Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-02-07 | Ceased 2025-09-11 |
| Mr Stephen Paul Lafferty | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-07 |
| Mrs Madeleine Cheryl Lafferty | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-09-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-25.2%
£20,423,000 £15,282,000
-
Cash
-23%
£2,100,000 £1,618,000
-
Net assets
-26.9%
£5,603,000 £4,094,000
-
Employees
-35.8%
109 70
-
Operating profit
-89.2%
£1,744,000 £189,000
-
Profit before tax
-84%
£1,852,000 £296,000
-
Wages
-33.9%
£7,047,000 £4,659,000
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