CRICKET TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
290
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £113,367,289 | |
| Operating profit | £4,871,945 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,005,814 | |
| Net profit | £956,434 | |
| Cash | £2,708,859 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,382,820 | |
| Net assets | £1,691,321 | |
| Equity | £1,691,321 | |
| Average employees | 290 | |
| Wages | £7,518,440 |
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 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.86x | |
| Interest cover | 1.19x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Group will continue as a going concern. This assumption means that the Group is expected to continue its operations and meet its financial obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CRICKET TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Cricket Midco 1 Limited 100%
- Cricket Midco 2 Limited 100%
- Cricket Bidco Limited 100%
- Batt Cables Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 September 2023, the Group acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Batt Cables Limited.”
- “The Group is entering into sale and leaseback arrangements on their property assets to release funding to be utilised for future growth.”
- “Trading has been positive, supported by rising copper prices between April and June 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUPLAND, Michael William | Director | 2024-04-09 | Jan 1986 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Joseph William Jackson | Director | 2023-07-25 | 2026-02-20 |
| LING, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2025-05-01 |
| RANSOME, Edward Peter Taylor | Director | 2023-07-25 | 2024-04-09 |
| ROBINS, Nicholas Calamada | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2026-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiltern Capital Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-21 | Active |
| Chiltern Capital Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-25 | Ceased 2025-08-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one