AUCTUS BIDCO 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
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£15M
-278.7% vs 2023
Employees
15
+150% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£11M
-178.7% vs 2023
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 | £12,859 | £26,250 | |
| Operating profit | -£668,785 | -£1,914,407 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,036,847 | -£11,252,384 | |
| Net profit | -£4,036,847 | -£11,252,384 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,608,968 | £71,465,317 | |
| Net assets | -£4,036,846 | -£15,289,230 | |
| Equity | -£4,036,846 | -£15,289,230 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 15 | |
| Wages | £472,154 | £1,801,776 |
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 | -5200.9% | -7293.0% | |
| Net margin | -31393.2% | -42866.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | -0.20x | -0.21x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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.”
Group structure
- AUCTUS BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- TC Accountants 001 Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 002 Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 003 Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 005 Limited 76%
- TC Accountants 023 Limited 51%
- TC Audit Limited 49%
- TC Central Limited 100%
- TC Croydon Limited 76%
- TC East Midlands Limited 76%
- TC Topco Limited 100%
- TC Outsourcing Limited 51%
- TC Tax and Legal Limited 100%
- TC Sussex Limited 51%
- TC East Yorkshire Limited 51%
- TC Group London Limited 51%
- TC North Essex Limited 52%
- TC Legal Limited 100%
- TC Financial Planning Limited 75%
- TC Accountants 006 Limited 51%
- TC West Bristol Limited 51%
- TC Professional Trustees & Executors Limited 100%
- TC Accountants 009 Limited 51%
- TC HR Limited 76%
- TC Technical Tax & Legal Limited 51%
- TC West End Limited 51%
- TC Bulley Davey Limited 51%
- Tax Warrior Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 018 Limited 100%
- TC Murray Harcourt Limited 51%
- TC Murray and Lamb Limited 51%
- TC Mortgages Limited 75%
- TC Accountants 017 Limited 51%
- Russell New Limited 51%
- TC Craigs Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 020 Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 021 Limited 100%
- TC BSG Valentine Limited 51%
- TC Service Charge Limited 49%
- TC SEM Limited 51%
- TC CH Limited 51%
- TC Murphy Salisbury Limited 51%
- TC Group Holdings Limited 100%
- BOKS Holdings Limited 100%
- TC Bidco Limited 100%
- TC Group Financial Planning LLP 75%
- TC Harlands Accountants Limited 51%
- TC Stokoe Rodger Limited 51%
- TC Land Bennetts Limited 51%
- TC Ollis Limited 51%
- TC Kent Limited 51%
- TC Citroen Wells Limited 51%
- Chartered Solutions Limited 51%
- TC Knill James Limited 51%
- TC Special Projects Limited 100%
- TC EA Limited 51%
- TC Bromhead Limited 51%
- TC Primera Limited 51%
- TC (East) Limited 51%
- TC SWP Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 024 Limited 51%
- TC Accountants 025 Limited 100%
- TC Accountants 026 Limited 100%
- TC Accountants 028 Limited 100%
- TC Accountants 012 Limited 100%
- TC Accountants 027 Limited 100%
- TC Professional Services Limited 70%
- TC Brooks & Partners Limited 51%
- WFH Group Proprietary Limited 51%
- TC EA No2 Limited 51%
- TC (East) No2 Limited 51%
- SWP Service Charge Accountants Limited 49%
- TC Accountants 024b Limited 51%
Significant events
- “A prior period adjustment has been recognised in respect of the unsecured loan notes and interest, totalling £87,330,286, that were issued by Auctus Midco Limited and were incorrectly recognised in the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTHOLOMEW, Grant David | Director | 2023-06-26 | Sep 1985 | British |
| LANE, Toby | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jun 1993 | British |
| MAINWARING, Andrew Dafyd | Director | 2023-06-14 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SHAW, Peter Laurence | Director | 2023-06-14 | Nov 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
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auctus Midco 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 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 full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
+104.1%
£12,859 £26,250
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-278.7%
-£4,036,846 -£15,289,230
-
Employees
+150%
6 15
-
Operating profit
-186.3%
-£668,785 -£1,914,407
-
Profit before tax
-178.7%
-£4,036,847 -£11,252,384
-
Wages
+281.6%
£472,154 £1,801,776
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