ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£128K
-7.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+215.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5
-16.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£8.7M
-55% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,856,639 | -£1,988,660 | -£5,609,701 | -182.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,075,887 | -£5,629,859 | -£8,724,866 | -55% | |
| Net profit | -£4,756,154 | -£5,423,702 | -£8,738,040 | -61.1% | |
| Cash | £80,753 | £137,782 | £127,977 | -7.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,867,824 | £12,420,676 | £18,616,416 | +49.9% | |
| Net assets | -£10,714,276 | -£16,137,978 | £18,616,416 | +215.4% | |
| Equity | -£10,714,276 | -£16,137,978 | £18,616,416 | +215.4% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | 5 | -16.7% | |
| Wages | £869,793 | £901,811 | £886,141 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £864,277 | £800,811 | £809,634 | +1.1% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -18.8% | -16.0% | -30.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 116.6% | 118.6% | 80.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.58x | 0.53x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | -0.43x | -0.40x | -1.31x |
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... Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASPIRE BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Ascent Software (UK) Limited 100%
- Ascent Software Holdings Malta Limited 100%
- Ascent Software Limited 100%
- Ascent Solutions Limited 100%
- TechHuddle Limited 100%
- Ascent Services EOOD 100%
- Ascent Teams EOOD 100%
- Ascent Digital Services UK Limited 100%
- Ascent (Portugal), Unipessoal, LDA 100%
- Aspire Holding GmbH 100%
- Tekaris GmbH 75%
- Ascent Digital Services AT GmbH 100%
- Ascent Digital Services CH AG 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 September 2025, Artisan Acquisitionco Limited acquired Aspire Topco, the ultimate parent of the Company. As part of the acquisition, a capital contribution was made to Aspire Bidco by its immediate parent undertaking, Aspire Holdco. The capital contribution was applied towards the settlement of transaction-related costs, the repayment of external bank borrowings, and the provision of an intercompany loan to a 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 | 2019-07-02 | 2019-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge 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 | |
| 2024-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.