SCENIC TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£12M
Equity attributable
Employees
335
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
Period ending 2025-02-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,196,000 | £46,976,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,672,000 | £1,824,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,742,000 | -£3,825,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,921,000 | -£4,226,000 | |
| Cash | £5,320,000 | £5,057,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,087,000 | -£11,978,000 | |
| Net assets | -£7,828,000 | -£12,067,000 | |
| Equity | -£7,828,000 | -£12,067,000 | |
| Average employees | 302 | 335 | |
| Wages | £9,785,000 | £16,220,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -6.8% | -9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | -15.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 0.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.49x | 0.32x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The group is financed through bank and shareholder debt and is expected to remain profitable at EBITDA level and remain cash generative from its operating activities. Post year end, in May 2025, Scenic Topco Limited has refinanced the bank debt to VirginMoney, with a term of 5 years to May 2030, with all shareholder debt extended by 5 years to October 2030. The projections have also been assessed against what is considered a reasonable downside risk scenario and the adjusted projection continues to show that the group and the company has the ability to remain within its committed lending facilities, with projections extending out over 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The wider economy has also been considered as part of the projections, including the increased costs due to inflation and increased interest rates, with the group remaining profitable, cash generative and within lending facilities. Therefore, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SCENIC TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Panorama VRS Limited 100%
- Vista Retail Support Holdings Limited 100%
- Vista Retail Support Limited 100%
- Vista Support Services Group Limited 100%
- Vista Retail Services Limited 100%
- Vista Trustee Limited 100%
- Store Computer Technology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2024, we completed the acquisition of Store Computer Technology (SCT) Ltd, a company based in Ireland, and further support's our retail and hospitality capabilities in Ireland and Europe.”
- “In May 2025, Scenic Topco Limited refinanced the bank debt to Virgin Money, with a term of 5 years to May 2030, with all shareholder debt extended by 5 years to October 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERR, Kara Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2025-10-22 | — | — |
| BEER, David Richard | Director | 2025-05-06 | Feb 1975 | British |
| HISCOCKS, Paul James | Director | 2025-05-19 | Nov 1979 | British |
| KUEHNE, Vera | Director | 2024-12-31 | Jan 1987 | British |
| MAYER, Lucy | Director | 2017-10-25 | Mar 1975 | British |
| NEVILLE, Geoffrey Leslie | Director | 2021-04-27 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PEPPER, James Alexander | Director | 2017-10-25 | Aug 1975 | British |
| RICKUS, Emily Charlotte | Director | 2017-10-25 | Dec 1985 | British |
| VITTY, Martyn John | Director | 2020-10-27 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTRELL, Richard John | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2020-10-31 |
| HUGHES, Dewi Aled | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2020-10-27 |
| LATHAM, Peter | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2017-12-18 |
| MOLYNEUX, Mark | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2021-08-23 |
| PENDLETON, Alistair Lee | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2021-11-23 |
| PESTICCIO, Mark David | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2019-03-27 |
| PYKETT, Carl Anthony | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| ROACH, Kath | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2021-05-16 |
| SMITH, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2023-07-07 | 2025-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc Vi Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-10-25 | Active |
| Mr Richard John Cottrell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-09-25 | Ceased 2017-10-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2023-08-31