DUKE 2021 TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£3M
+5.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£36M
-44.6% vs 2023
Employees
144
+9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£11M
+24.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,360,855 | £16,327,569 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,765,079 | -£3,125,571 | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,796,647 | -£11,116,409 | |
| Net profit | -£15,715,452 | -£11,143,664 | |
| Cash | £3,152,990 | £3,327,024 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,105,908 | £32,729,429 | |
| Net assets | -£24,857,383 | -£35,939,898 | |
| Equity | -£24,857,383 | -£35,939,898 | |
| Average employees | 132 | 144 | |
| Wages | £8,206,261 | £8,995,694 |
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 | -50.6% | -19.1% | |
| Net margin | -102.3% | -68.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -29.7% | -9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.25x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | -1.09x | -0.39x |
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
- Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate financial resources available to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DUKE 2021 TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Duke 2021 Midco Limited 100%
- Duke 2021 Bidco Limited 100%
- Duke DFM Holdco Limited 100%
- Verso Investment Management LLP 100%
- CDC Wealth Management Holdings Limited 100%
- CDC Wealth Management Limited 100%
- Whitefoord (2010) Limited 100%
- Whitefoord Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Whitefoord Holdings Limited 100%
- Whitefoord (2014) LLP 100%
- George Square Services LLP 100%
- Axis Pensions Management Limited 100%
- Whitefoord Consulting Limited 100%
- Munnypot Limited 100%
- Verso Wealth Management Limited 100%
- Heritage Independent Financial Advisors Limited 100%
- VWM Holdco Limited 100%
- Campbell Thomson (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Campbell Thomson Insurance Limited 100%
- IEP Financial Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the end of the financial year, the Group recruited a team of financial advisers and opened an office in Henley to support their clients.”
- “New bank loan facilities were agreed during November 2024, the repayment terms of which are disclosed at note 20.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOURANT SECRETARIES (JERSEY) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-05 | — | — |
| FAY, Andrew Steven | Director | 2021-09-10 | Sep 1965 | British |
| GEE, Warren George | Director | 2021-09-10 | Jan 1972 | British |
| MATHEWSON, Alan | Director | 2024-03-12 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MCGILL, Neil Andrew | Director | 2021-08-05 | Feb 1977 | British |
| REDGROVE, Simon George | Director | 2021-09-10 | May 1965 | British |
| ROBSON, Mark Ashbridge | Director | 2025-07-03 | Oct 1993 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COXELL, Graham Peter | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2025-04-10 |
| GILLINGHAM, Alasdair James Vaughan | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2023-12-15 |
| GRAHAM, Lucy Catherine | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2022-09-13 |
| WATSON, Adam | Director | 2022-09-13 | 2025-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-12 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
- 2024-07-31 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
- 2023-07-17 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
- 2023-07-17 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
- 2022-05-03 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
- 2022-02-24 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2025-10-29 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-26 | OSCH01 | other | Change company details by uk establishment overseas company with change details | |
| 2025-08-12 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2024-06-21 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-17 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2023-07-17 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2022-10-11 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2022-02-24 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2022-02-18 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2022-02-03 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+6.3%
£15,360,855 £16,327,569
-
Cash
+5.5%
£3,152,990 £3,327,024
-
Net assets
-44.6%
-£24,857,383 -£35,939,898
-
Employees
+9.1%
132 144
-
Operating profit
+59.7%
-£7,765,079 -£3,125,571
-
Profit before tax
+24.9%
-£14,796,647 -£11,116,409
-
Wages
+9.6%
£8,206,261 £8,995,694
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