LOCK TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-05 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-22
Watchouts
Cash
£32M
+13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£94M
-22% vs 2024
Employees
410
-16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£17M
-2.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LOCK TOPCO LIMITED 2014-12-17 → present
- DE FACTO 2136 LIMITED 2014-08-14 → 2014-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £144,101,000 | £147,629,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,079,000 | -£3,738,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,209,000 | -£16,608,000 | |
| Net profit | -£19,323,000 | -£16,961,000 | |
| Cash | £28,186,000 | £32,095,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,750,000 | £32,228,000 | |
| Net assets | -£77,141,000 | -£94,138,000 | |
| Equity | -£77,141,000 | -£94,138,000 | |
| Average employees | 492 | 410 | |
| Wages | £31,784,000 | £27,842,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.8% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | -13.4% | -11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.5% | -11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | -0.33x | -0.27x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident the Group will sustain profitability and have sufficient cash resources and so believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LOCK TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Lock Midco 1 Limited 1%
- Lock Midco 2 Limited 1%
- Lock Bidco Limited 1%
- Marketing VF Limited 1%
- MVF US LLC 1%
- Software Vergeljiken B.V 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY, Shaun | Director | 2025-11-03 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HAXBY, Daniel James | Director | 2026-04-30 | Aug 1971 | British |
| HOPKINSON, Julian Joseph | Director | 2015-02-13 | Dec 1975 | British |
| LEE, David James | Director | 2026-04-29 | Apr 1979 | British |
| MORGAN, Thomas Frederick | Director | 2015-02-13 | Mar 1977 | British |
| SHARPE, Titus Charles Alexander | Director | 2015-02-13 | Sep 1974 | British |
| THAL, David | Director | 2025-09-12 | Jun 1983 | Irish |
| WILMANSKA, Kaja Anna | Director | 2024-03-08 | Mar 1986 | British,Polish |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-08-14 | 2014-12-17 |
| BLACK, Michael Norman | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2024-03-08 |
| BUEHLMANN, Thomas | Director | 2024-12-01 | 2025-08-18 |
| DEEMING, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2025-09-05 |
| HARRIS-SPEID, Troy Gareth | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2024-01-29 |
| LAWSON, Robin Arthur Jordan | Director | 2024-01-29 | 2026-04-30 |
| LAWSON, Robin Arthur Jordan | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2021-03-31 |
| RIGBY, Peter Stephen | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2024-10-24 |
| SHERSHUNOVYCH, Ihor | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2014-12-17 |
| TEIXEIRA, Michael John | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2023-06-26 |
| WINN, Michael Nicholas | Director | 2020-11-03 | 2025-08-12 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-08-14 | 2014-12-17 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-08-14 | 2014-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bdcp Ii Gp Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-31 | Active |
| Bdc Ii (Sgp) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Bridgepoint Advisers Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+2.4%
£144,101,000 £147,629,000
-
Cash
+13.9%
£28,186,000 £32,095,000
-
Net assets
-22%
-£77,141,000 -£94,138,000
-
Employees
-16.7%
492 410
-
Operating profit
+8.4%
-£4,079,000 -£3,738,000
-
Profit before tax
-2.5%
-£16,209,000 -£16,608,000
-
Wages
-12.4%
£31,784,000 £27,842,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers