PACIFIC BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£44M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£81M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £363,151,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£32,674,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£80,875,000 | |
| Net profit | -£51,767,000 | |
| Cash | £43,561,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,086,827,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,052,210,000 | |
| Equity | £1,052,210,000 | |
| Average employees | — | |
| Wages | £63,543,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | -14.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | -0.64x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has undertaken a going concern review, within which the scenarios considered incorporated stress testing including declines in commercial activity levels. The accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis. ...they are confident that the Group and Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due till June 2026 and consequently have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PACIFIC BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Portakabin Holdco Limited 100%
- Portakabin Limited 100%
- Portakabin (Refurbished) Limited 100%
- Portakabin (Site Accommodation) Limited 100%
- Portakabin Mobilraum GmbH 100%
- Portakabin Produktions GmbH 100%
- Portakabin Holdings GmbH 100%
- Portakabin (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Portakabin (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Allspace Limited 100%
- Portakabin BV 100%
- Portakabin Modulaire SAS 100%
- Portakabin SAS 100%
- Portakabin Europe Limited 100%
- Portakabin Group Properties Limited 100%
- SG Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- Yorkon Limited 100%
- Foremans Hire Limited 100%
- Paton Plant Limited 100%
- Portakabin Hire Limited 100%
- Project Florence Topco Limited 100%
- Project Florence Bidco Limited 100%
- Goldfoster Limited 100%
- Darwin Group Limited 100%
- On-Demand Healthcare Infrastrusture Solutions Limited 100%
- On-Demand Healthcare Solutions Limited 100%
- Darwin Healthcare Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 June 2024, Pacific Bidco Limited acquired the entire share capital of Portakabin Holdco Limited (the immediate parent of Portakabin) (the "Acquisition").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-06-18 | Jul 1971 | English |
| IBBETSON, Daniel Frederick | Director | 2024-06-18 | May 1970 | British |
| SÖDER, Simon | Director | 2024-06-18 | Sep 1978 | Swedish,Australian,English |
| THAPAR, Ankita | Director | 2024-01-09 | Jul 1989 | British |
| URWIN, Gavin | Director | 2024-06-18 | Feb 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-05 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-28 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-01-09 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one