UK TOTE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27M
+56.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£72M
-8% vs 2023
Employees
195
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
+43.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UK TOTE GROUP LIMITED 2019-08-06 → present
- ALIZETI CAPITAL LIMITED 2017-12-22 → 2019-08-06
- PROJECT FRANKEL LIMITED 2017-12-20 → 2017-12-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,512,000 | £45,382,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,364,000 | -£7,363,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,938,000 | -£7,863,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,506,000 | -£6,681,000 | |
| Cash | £17,004,000 | £26,588,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £97,210,000 | £89,702,000 | |
| Net assets | £78,254,000 | £71,988,000 | |
| Equity | £78,254,000 | £71,988,000 | |
| Average employees | 198 | 195 | |
| Wages | £10,953,000 | £11,964,000 |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -30.5% | -16.2% | |
| Net margin | -33.3% | -14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.7% | -8.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | -7.66x | -11.82x |
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 Tote benefits from its geographic diversity and broad mix of business channels. Economic challenges have remained present, including inflationary cost pressures creating a significant cost of living crisis, higher interest rates, an increasing tax burden and, general economic uncertainty. It is anticipated that this challenging economic environment will continue to cause some uncertainty through 2025. Based on its cash flow forecast and strategic plan for both the Company and the Group, the Board believes that UK Tote Group Limited has sufficient resources to meet its future needs. Sensitivity analysis has been carried out across the Group to provide comfort that sufficient financing headroom is available, and a reverse stress test has also been undertaken. The Group's plans and their sensitivity have taken into consideration the current UK and global economic uncertainty. As such, the Directors have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UK TOTE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Tpoolco Limited 100%
- Tote Direct Limited 100%
- Totepool Alderney Limited 100%
- TDCO Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIVE, Kean | Secretary | 2017-12-20 | — | — |
| FROST, Alexander Stanley Fortescue | Director | 2017-12-20 | Oct 1975 | British |
| HOLT, Mark Kevin | Director | 2022-07-25 | Jun 1972 | British |
| LARKIN, Simon Patrick Henry | Director | 2018-11-26 | Nov 1971 | British |
| SPENCER, Michael Alan | Director | 2022-07-25 | May 1955 | British |
| SPENCER, Thomas George | Director | 2024-11-05 | Feb 1990 | British |
| WEIR, Andrew Walter Bougourd Ross | Director | 2026-04-21 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, John Mackay Mcculloch | Director | 2020-09-16 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Andrew | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2024-09-06 |
| GRIVE, Kean | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2024-11-04 |
| HAMMOND, David | Director | 2024-11-05 | 2026-04-03 |
| WILMOTT, Eamonn | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2020-01-31 |
| WREN, Samantha Anne | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2023-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alexander Stanley Fortescue Frost | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-08-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-29 vs 2023-09-24
-
Turnover
+12%
£40,512,000 £45,382,000
-
Cash
+56.4%
£17,004,000 £26,588,000
-
Net assets
-8%
£78,254,000 £71,988,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
198 195
-
Operating profit
+40.4%
-£12,364,000 -£7,363,000
-
Profit before tax
+43.6%
-£13,938,000 -£7,863,000
-
Wages
+9.2%
£10,953,000 £11,964,000
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