RAVEN BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-02
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
+52.9% vs 2024
Employees
7
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£29K
+99.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-02
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-25 | 2025-03-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£371,226 | -£7,299 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,742,064 | -£29,461 | |
| Net profit | -£4,742,064 | -£29,461 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,861,453 | -£2,290,941 | |
| Net assets | -£4,861,453 | -£2,290,941 | |
| Equity | -£4,861,453 | -£2,290,941 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-02-25 | 2025-03-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 0.3% | |
| Interest cover | -0.08x | -0.33x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the period end the Company had net liabilities of £2,290,941 (2024: £4,861,453) and incurred a loss before taxation of £29,461 (2024: £4,742,064). Given the nature of the Company's liabilities (intra-group), the shareholders of Raven Topco Limited, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking, have undertaken to provide financial support for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the financial statements so as to allow the Company to pay its debts as they fall due. The Directors therefore consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- RAVEN BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Blackbird Retail Holdings Limited 100%
- The Cotswold Company (UK) Limited 100%
- The Cotswold Company (Qingdao) Business Consulting Co. Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the period ended 2 March 2025 £2,599,973 (6 June 2023 £30,205,476) due to the Company's immediate parent undertaking was waived by that entity. The amounts waived have been treated as capital contributions and are shown as separate components of shareholders' funds.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISSET, Richard Thomas | Director | 2016-10-31 | May 1978 | British |
| COCKER, Paul Andrew | Director | 2016-08-22 | May 1979 | British |
| COPPIN, Susan Elisabeth | Director | 2020-12-11 | Mar 1969 | British |
| JOSEPH, Alan Jason | Director | 2016-10-31 | May 1973 | British |
| PEARSON, William James | Director | 2019-05-02 | Feb 1976 | British |
| TUCKER, Ralph Eric | Director | 2020-02-08 | Aug 1974 | British |
| WATERS, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2022-11-23 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEEBE, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2019-06-06 |
| BIRTWHISTLE, James John | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2022-11-23 |
| JOHNSON, Kevin Michael | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2020-02-10 |
| MARSHALL, Paul Scott | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2022-08-22 |
| TRUMAN, Matthew Arthur | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2019-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raven Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-20 | Active |
| Mr Paul Andrew Cocker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-08-22 | Ceased 2023-12-19 |
| Mr Matthew Arthur Truman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-08-22 | Ceased 2016-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-17 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-02 vs 2024-02-25
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+52.9%
-£4,861,453 -£2,290,941
-
Employees
0%
7 7
-
Operating profit
+98%
-£371,226 -£7,299
-
Profit before tax
+99.4%
-£4,742,064 -£29,461
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