BOSTON TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£779K
-77.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-58% vs 2023
Employees
52
-10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-153.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BOSTON TOPCO LIMITED 2021-04-08 → present
- HAMSARD 3624 LIMITED 2021-02-04 → 2021-04-08
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 | £69,550,000 | £31,627,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,244,000 | -£4,001,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,509,000 | -£4,045,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,659,000 | -£3,718,000 | |
| Cash | £3,398,000 | £779,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,664,000 | £3,156,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,664,000 | £2,796,000 | |
| Equity | £6,664,000 | £2,796,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 52 | |
| Wages | £4,441,000 | £3,594,000 |
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 | 10.4% | -12.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | -11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 108.7% | -126.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 73.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | 21.50x | -90.93x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company can continue its operations for the foreseeable future. This is based on managements' forecast and cash flow projections. It should also be noted that the business is currently unencumbered by shareholder or 3rd party debt, other than working capital facilities secured against the Company's debtors Thus, the group and parent company continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024”
Group structure
- BOSTON TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Boston Bidco Limited 1%
- Visku Holdings Limited 1%
- Visku Consulting Limited 1%
- Visku Solutions Limited 1%
- Visku Puddle Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “On 31 January 2025 the Company sold Pallet Hotel Software which is included in development expenditure with a carrying amount of £1,495k to SQRRL Solutions Limited Proceeds of £1,500k were received and the deal also includes the transfer of staff to SQRRL Solutions Limited, and the share of 50% of warehousing profits”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, Stephen | Director | 2024-05-28 | Jul 1962 | British |
| AUJLA, Ravi | Director | 2021-04-07 | Dec 1984 | British |
| HOLIAN, Sidney | Director | 2021-04-27 | Jul 1959 | British |
| KAYE, Andrew John | Director | 2021-04-27 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-02-04 | 2021-04-07 |
| ALLEN, Gregory Raymond | Director | 2021-04-07 | 2025-01-31 |
| FAWCETT, Adrian John | Director | 2021-11-10 | 2025-01-31 |
| FITZGERALD, Thomas Edward | Director | 2021-08-02 | 2024-05-30 |
| JACKSON-PROES, Andrew William Ernest Anthony | Director | 2024-05-28 | 2024-07-11 |
| JONES, Jonathan James | Director | 2021-02-04 | 2021-04-07 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-02-04 | 2021-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tpa Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-07 | Active |
| Squire Patton Boggs Directors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-04 | Ceased 2021-04-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-08-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 6
- 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
-54.5%
£69,550,000 £31,627,000
-
Cash
-77.1%
£3,398,000 £779,000
-
Net assets
-58%
£6,664,000 £2,796,000
-
Employees
-10.3%
58 52
-
Operating profit
-155.2%
£7,244,000 -£4,001,000
-
Profit before tax
-153.9%
£7,509,000 -£4,045,000
-
Wages
-19.1%
£4,441,000 £3,594,000
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