AUCTUS TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£28M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,293
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£11M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,026,894 | £97,977,616 | |
| Operating profit | £86,974 | £9,656,623 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,436,778 | -£11,204,228 | |
| Net profit | -£10,270,378 | -£14,554,533 | |
| Cash | £9,877,323 | £14,064,969 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £135,221,029 | £190,164,572 | |
| Net assets | -£8,505,719 | -£28,308,253 | |
| Equity | -£8,505,719 | -£28,308,253 | |
| Average employees | 901 | 1,293 | |
| Wages | £14,144,882 | £40,901,236 |
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 | 0.3% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | -31.1% | -14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 105.2% | 112.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 0.01x | 0.46x |
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
“The Directors believe the group, of which the company is a part, to be a going concern. Therefore the financial statements have been prepared on that basis. The group also retains the support from its bankers with access to committed, undrawn financing facilities. The directors are confident that they have taken all steps to mitigate risk and achieve its future plans and forecasts. Current trading is strong, with performance ahead of budget YTD. Therefore, the Directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainty and it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AUCTUS TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Auctus Midco Limited 100%
- Auctus Midco 2 Limited 100%
- Auctus Bidco Limited 100%
- TC Topco Limited 100%
- TC Bidco Limited 100%
- BOKS Holdings Limited 100%
- TC Group Holdings Limited 100%
- TC Central Limited 100%
- TC Tax and Legal Limited 100%
- TC Audit Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, and up to the date of these financial statements, the group has completed a further 9 acquisitions of accountancy practices. These are cumulatively forecast to contribute £12.1 million of annual turnover and £2.4 million of annual EBITDA to the group over the next 12 months.”
- “The former subsidiary TC Accountants 008 Limited was dissolved during the year, its trading assets being transferred to other members of the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTHOLOMEW, Grant David | Director | 2023-06-26 | Sep 1985 | British |
| GOLDING, Ian Michael | Director | 2025-08-07 | May 1967 | British |
| LANE, Toby | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jun 1993 | British |
| MAINWARING, Andrew Dafyd | Director | 2023-06-14 | Dec 1971 | British |
| O'CONNOR, Mary Theresa | Director | 2026-03-01 | Aug 1966 | Irish |
| SHAH, Shiv Dilip | Director | 2025-11-01 | Feb 1990 | British |
| SHAW, Peter Laurence | Director | 2023-06-14 | Nov 1978 | British |
| WATTS, Stephen John | Director | 2025-08-07 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEYES, Richard Adam | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2025-03-31 |
| SWIFT, Peter Nicholas | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2025-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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