ASPIRE HOLDCO LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£43M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£37K
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£150,514 | -£13,794 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£116,541 | -£36,541 | — | |
| Net profit | -£86,991 | -£66,091 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £43,194,116 | — | |
| Net assets | -£2,166,575 | £43,194,116 | — | |
| Equity | -£2,166,575 | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 111.1% | 38.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | -0.09x | -0.01x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received binding commitments from Artisan Topco Limited to provide financial support to the company to allow it to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. In considering the ability of Artisan Topco Limited to provide that support, the Directors have satisfied themselves that the cash flow forecasts of the Group for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Group will have sufficient funds, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. ... Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASPIRE HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Aspire Midco Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30th September 2025, Artisan Topco Limited through one of its subsidiaries, namely Artisan Acquisitionco Limited, acquired 100% of the equity share capital of Aspire Topco Limited (previous parent of the company) pursuant to a share purchase agreement. As a result of the acquisition, Artisan Topco Limited became the ultimate parent entity of the Company. As part of the acquisition, a capital contribution was made to Aspire Holdco by its immediate parent undertaking, Aspire Topco. The capital contribution was partially used to redeem loan notes held in the Company, with the remaining balance invested in its immediate subsidiary undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLEN, Ian Nicholas | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SMYTHE, Stewart | Director | 2019-11-14 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| HITCHCOCK, Simon John | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2021-03-09 |
| HUDSON, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-05-03 |
| MORRIS, Matthew | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2021-03-09 |
| WILKEY, Richard Geraint | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2019-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.