PROJECT POLKA BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-83.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£53M
-30.5% vs 2024
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£12M
-453.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£7,179,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,256,000 | -£12,484,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,487,000 | -£12,467,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£40,832,000 | -£53,299,000 | |
| Net assets | -£40,832,000 | -£53,299,000 | |
| Equity | -£40,832,000 | -£53,299,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 13.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.28x | 0.17x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £53.3m as at 31 March 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company acts as a holding company within the Group headed by Power Newco Limited. There is an intercompany creditor due to Project Polka Topco Limited (£63.5m as at the balance sheet date) which is repayable on demand.”
Group structure
- PROJECT POLKA BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Power Topco Limited 78%
- Aghoco 1136 Limited 78%
- Zyro Limited 78%
- Royal Velo France S.A.S 78%
Significant events
- “During the financial year 2024/25 the Directors completed the first year of their recovery plan, cleanly exiting unprofitable sales channels (principally full bikes) and brands, realised the full year benefit of ongoing cost saving activities and grew both sales and margins within its core parts and accessories business through a differentiated offer.”
- “The company, proactively considering the inherent risk of this extension, has reduced the carrying value of its investment by £5.3m, to nil.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINSCOUGH, Tom | Director | 2020-04-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| BROWNING, James Scott | Director | 2017-12-15 | Jan 1966 | British |
| PEARSON, John Paul | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jan 1979 | British |
| THOMPSON, Nadine Margaret | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Matthew Howard | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2020-05-22 |
| BUSHELL, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2023-06-30 |
| CALVESBERT, Ian James | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2023-06-30 |
| DAVERAN, Leigh Garner | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2022-07-01 |
| FAZAKERLEY, Edmund | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2017-12-19 |
| GARNER, John | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2022-03-15 |
| GIBSON, Paul | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2022-10-21 |
| HAYCOCK, Robert Owen | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2023-09-11 |
| SHERWOOD, Jonathan Frank | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2022-10-29 |
| SMITH, Richard Damon | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2020-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Polka Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-83.3%
£6,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
-30.5%
-£40,832,000 -£53,299,000
-
Employees
0%
4 4
-
Profit before tax
-453.4%
-£2,256,000 -£12,484,000
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