POLARIS (TOPCO) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£101M
Equity attributable
Employees
186
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£12M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,955,000 | £28,211,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,672,000 | -£11,098,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,937,000 | -£12,486,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,937,000 | -£12,831,000 | |
| Cash | £3,834,000 | £7,025,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £113,491,000 | £100,681,000 | |
| Equity | £113,491,000 | £100,681,000 | |
| Average employees | 184 | 186 | |
| Wages | £3,283,000 | £17,022,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -38.4% | -39.3% | |
| Net margin | -42.2% | -45.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.7% | 21.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | -7.86x | -6.65x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these accounts after assessing the latest forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which indicate that the Company is profitable and cash generative and able to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- POLARIS (TOPCO) LIMITED · parent
- Polaris (Holdco) Limited 100%
- Polaris (Midco) Limited 100%
- Polaris (Bidco) Limited 100%
- Lendscape Limited 100%
- HPD Service Centre Limited 100%
- Lendscape LLC 100%
Significant events
- “No material post year-end events have occurred.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUNDWATER, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2023-08-08 | — | — |
| DAVISON, Anthony John | Director | 2023-07-13 | Dec 1945 | British |
| DAVISON, Martin Joseph | Director | 2023-07-13 | Feb 1980 | British |
| DAY, Kevin Jeffrey | Director | 2023-07-13 | May 1965 | British |
| KAUFMAN, Simon Charles | Director | 2023-07-06 | May 1986 | British |
| MORRIN, Martin John | Director | 2026-01-26 | Aug 1958 | Irish |
| PROMISEL, Brett Eric | Director | 2026-01-26 | Sep 1970 | American |
| SHELFORD, Thomas William Joseph | Director | 2023-07-06 | May 1980 | British |
| SNOWDEN, Geoffrey John | Director | 2023-07-13 | Sep 1978 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmark Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-07-06 | Active |
| Bowmark Gp Vi Llp | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-01 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-30 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2023-10-31