TORCH PARTNERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4K
-99.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+678.3% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Cash
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,839,470 | £2,549,063 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,064,361 | £2,781,927 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,529 | £9,801,687 | |
| Cash | £343,549 | £782,169 | £3,790 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,052,065 | £8,188,155 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,053,594 | £1,052,065 | £8,188,155 | |
| Average employees | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £0 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.3% | 109.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.0% | 384.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 101.2% | 34.0% |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TORCH PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
- Torch Group Limited 100%
- Torch Partners Corporate Finance Limited 100%
- Torch Partners Nominees Limited 100%
- TGPAM Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group underwent a restructuring and a number of its trading subsidiaries were hived off.”
- “The director considers turnover to be the key performance indicator. The turnover for the period was £2,549,063(2023: £16,839,470), reflecting the lost contribution of the disposed subsidiaries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBSON, Rupert William | Director | 2002-09-19 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD & BIRD | Corporate Secretary | 2002-09-19 | 2004-07-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 |
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-07-01 | 2024-09-25 |
| VISTRA REGISTRARS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| BECK, Hans Jurgen, Dr | Director | 2003-02-24 | 2012-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rupert William Robson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-11-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-84.9%
£16,839,470 £2,549,063
-
Cash
-99.5%
£782,169 £3,790
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
+161.4%
£1,064,361 £2,781,927
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