PRIME TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+45.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£43M
-39.6% vs 2023
Employees
155
+34.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
+12.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRIME TOPCO LIMITED 2018-11-05 → present
- AGHOCO 1784 LIMITED 2018-10-30 → 2018-11-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,160,000 | £50,857,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,590,000 | -£210,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,462,000 | -£8,297,000 | |
| Net profit | -£11,068,000 | -£9,227,000 | |
| Cash | £5,804,000 | £8,465,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,202,000 | £41,666,000 | |
| Net assets | -£30,452,000 | -£42,523,000 | |
| Equity | -£30,452,000 | -£42,523,000 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 155 | |
| Wages | £6,994,000 | £11,704,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.7% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | -35.5% | -18.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.2% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 136.9% | 152.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | -0.94x | -0.03x |
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
“The Board has confidence in the base case and robust assumptions on which it is built but has reviewed and challenged the modelling and stress tested with other severe but plausible downside scenarios. When considering these severe but plausible downside scenarios, the Group will continue to have sufficient liquidity within its existing cash balances to satisfy working capital requirements for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- PRIME TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Prime Noteco Limited 100%
- Prime Midco Limited 100%
- Prime Bidco Limited 100%
- Nineteen Group Limited 100%
- Security Exhibitions Limited 100%
- Prime ESS Limited 100%
- Broden Media Limited 100%
- Prime Security Event Limited 100%
- Prime M&E Week Event Limited 100%
- Prime Retail Technology Event Limited 100%
- Hennik Research Limited 100%
- Hennik Group Limited 100%
- Lyrical Communications Limited 100%
- Fullacko Holdings Limited 100%
- Drives and Controls Event Limited 100%
- Oliver Kinross Limited 100%
- Oliver Kinross Build Limited 100%
- Oliver Kinross Asia Pacific Limited 100%
- SASIG Events Limited 100%
- Nineteen APAC Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18th January 2025, Nineteen APAC Private Limited completed the acquisition of certain assets relating to the Pro Integration Future Asia exhibition for a total consideration of SGD 730,000. The acquired intangible asset includes business intellectual property, exhibitor contracts, customer records, and domain names.”
- “On 15th April 2025, Nineteen Group Limited and Prime Bidco limited exchanged on a lease for new office premises for the London HQ. The completion date is expected to be in H2 2025.”
- “On 9th May 2025, Nineteen Group Limited complete the acquisition of certain assets relating to the Commercial Vehicle Show exhibition for total consideration of £2,000,000. The acquired intangible asset includes business name, business intellectual property, customer records, and domain names.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-03-27 | Nov 1966 | British |
| LACEY, Jonathan | Director | 2019-10-09 | Jul 1976 | British |
| LUCKHAM-JONES, Peter Ronald | Director | 2018-11-16 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-10-30 | 2018-11-05 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2018-11-05 |
| KECK, Kevin Jennings | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2019-04-01 |
| KECK, Kevin Jennings | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2024-09-17 |
| SARGEANT, Mark Peter | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2020-03-04 |
| SOAR, Philip William | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2024-09-17 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-10-30 | 2018-11-05 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2018-10-30 | 2018-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignite Prime Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-17 | Active |
| Phoenix Equity Partners Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-11-09 | Ceased 2024-09-17 |
| Inhoco Formations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-30 | Ceased 2018-11-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-05 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-20 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+63.2%
£31,160,000 £50,857,000
-
Cash
+45.8%
£5,804,000 £8,465,000
-
Net assets
-39.6%
-£30,452,000 -£42,523,000
-
Employees
+34.8%
115 155
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Operating profit
+95.4%
-£4,590,000 -£210,000
-
Profit before tax
+12.3%
-£9,462,000 -£8,297,000
-
Wages
+67.3%
£6,994,000 £11,704,000
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