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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-05 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-64.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£158K

-67.4% vs 2024

Employees

3,528

-0.3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1M

-65.2% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £203,594,000£228,107,000
Operating profit £8,173,000£7,404,000
Profit before tax £3,509,000£1,222,000
Net profit £1,579,000-£327,000
Cash £10,790,000£3,830,000
Total assets less current liabilities £31,513,000£32,630,000
Net assets £485,000£158,000
Equity £485,000£158,000
Average employees 3,5383,528
Wages £91,867,000£94,819,000

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 4.0%3.2%
Net margin 0.8%-0.1%
Return on capital employed 25.9%22.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 99.5%99.8%
Current ratio 0.96x1.08x
Interest cover 1.68x1.15x

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
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the analysis completed and accompanying cash projections, the directors believe that there are no reasons why the going concern convention should not be adopted and that it is therefore appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. SAFFRON TOPCO LIMITED · parent
    1. Saffron Midco Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
    2. Saffron Acquisitionco Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
    3. Arcus Solutions (Holdings) Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
    4. Arcus FM Limited 100% · UK · Facilities management
    5. Arcus Managed Services Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
    6. Building Energy Management Services Limited 100% · UK · Building energy controls specialist
    7. Triosgroup Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
    8. Trios Facilities Management Limited 100% · UK · Facilities management
    9. Trios AMS Limited 100% · UK · Facilities management
    10. Trios Skilz Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
    11. Trios Secure Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
    12. Trios Facilities Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
    13. Trios Compliance Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
KNIGHT, Paul Aaron Secretary 2020-03-18
BELL, Theresa Director 2023-09-11 Jun 1972 British
GREEN, Christopher Mark Director 2020-02-06 Nov 1965 British
KNIGHT, Paul Aaron Director 2021-08-05 Jul 1984 British
MACDONALD, Patrick James Director 2020-07-29 May 1962 British
STEEL, David Alexander John Director 2019-09-13 Oct 1977 British
WILLIS, Stephen Terence Patrick Director 2020-02-06 Mar 1965 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUTLER, Richard Thomas Director 2019-09-13 2020-02-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Soho Square I Equityco Sarl Corporate entity Voting 75–100% 2022-02-02 Active
Mr Richard Thomas Butler Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2019-09-13 Ceased 2022-02-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 45 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-10-12 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-10-05 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-01-05 SH02 capital Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital
2026-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-12-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-12-10 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-11-14 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-12 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-09-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-09-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-09-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-20 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2023-01-20 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2022-10-05 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-10-05 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-09-30 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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