ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£138K
+70.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£16M
-50.6% vs 2023
Employees
6
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-10.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,856,639 | -£1,988,660 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,075,887 | -£5,629,859 | |
| Net profit | -£4,756,154 | -£5,423,702 | |
| Cash | £80,753 | £137,782 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,867,824 | £12,420,676 | |
| Net assets | -£10,714,276 | -£16,137,978 | |
| Equity | -£10,714,276 | -£16,137,978 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | £869,793 | £901,811 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -18.8% | -16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 116.6% | 118.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.58x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -0.43x | -0.40x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the effects of recent macro-economic developments in inflation and interest rates including the impact of recent trading results on the Group and Company for the year ended 31 December 2024. The strong Group and Company liquidity position coupled with a robust trading position, mean the Group and Company are stable from a profit perspective... Having reviewed and modelled the liquidity requirements of the Group we are confident that the Group will continue to operate as a going concern and that we are well placed to meet customer demand and continue growth.”
Group structure
- ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Ascent Software (UK) Limited 100%
- Ascent Software Holdings Malta Limited 100%
- Ascent Software Limited 100%
- Ascent Solutions Limited 100%
- TechHuddle Limited 100%
- Ascent Services EOOD 100%
- Ascent Teams EOOD 100%
- Ascent Digital Services UK Limited 100%
- Ascent (Portugal), Unipessoal, LDA 100%
- Aspire Holding GmbH 100%
- Tekaris GmbH 75%
- Ascent Digital Services AT GmbH 100%
- Ascent Digital Services CH AG 100%
- Parkside Interactive Technology, Unipessoal, LDA. 100%
Significant events
- “The Directors were pleased to announce that the Group was acquired by Artisan Acquisitionco Limited on 30 September 2025 which further strengthens and gives the Group access to significant new customer base.”
- “Austrian-based group on 5th June 2024 for an initial consideration of £9.5m with an additional deferred consideration of £5.1m payable at the earliest of the sale of the Group or December 2026.”
- “On 19 June 2025, the Group's private equity shareholders entered into a share purchase agreement with Artisan Acquisitionco Limited with the completion date being on the 30th September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLEN, Ian Nicholas | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SMYTHE, Stewart | Director | 2019-11-14 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| HITCHCOCK, Simon John | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2021-03-09 |
| HUDSON, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-05-03 |
| MORRIS, Matthew | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2021-03-09 |
| WILKEY, Richard Geraint | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2019-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+70.6%
£80,753 £137,782
-
Net assets
-50.6%
-£10,714,276 -£16,137,978
-
Employees
0%
6 6
-
Operating profit
-7.1%
-£1,856,639 -£1,988,660
-
Profit before tax
-10.9%
-£5,075,887 -£5,629,859
-
Wages
+3.7%
£869,793 £901,811
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