IMPERIAL TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-37.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£5.2m
-69.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
53
-13.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.1m
-19.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £9,125,272 | £10,008,149 | £10,033,242 | +0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £387,200 | -£384,082 | -£91,039 | +76.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£714,812 | -£1,778,851 | -£2,119,916 | -19.2% | |
| Net profit | -£792,020 | -£1,768,802 | -£2,119,916 | -19.9% | |
| Cash | £2,153,833 | £1,724,687 | £1,083,225 | -37.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,570,783 | £9,913,985 | £8,622,291 | -13% | |
| Net assets | -£1,588,094 | -£3,052,846 | -£5,172,762 | -69.4% | |
| Equity | -£1,588,094 | -£3,052,846 | -£5,172,762 | -69.4% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 61 | 53 | -13.1% | |
| Wages | £2,154,772 | £2,739,649 | £2,281,225 | -16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £347,500 | £270,666 | £345,776 | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | -3.8% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -8.7% | -17.7% | -21.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | -3.9% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 110.7% | 120.7% | 139.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.21x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 0.33x | -0.27x | -0.06x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The loan stock holders have confirmed that the repayment of the A loan stock has been deferred for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, unless the Group has surplus cash resources such that any repayments would not impact the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- IMPERIAL TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Imperial Bidco Limited 100%
- Marsden Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Marsden Weighing Machine Group Limited 100%
- Bailey Instruments Limited 100%
- Rent-A-Scale Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2026 the Group sold 100% of it's shares in Marsden Weighing Machine Group Ltd to an external party.”
- “On 17 June 2026 the company sold its shareholding in Marsden Weighing Machine Group Limited, a 100% subsidiary.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKHAM, Marcus | Director | 2024-04-12 | Apr 1972 | British |
| BUCKLEY, James Peter | Director | 2019-11-07 | Dec 1962 | British |
| LURIE, Adrian Paul | Director | 2019-09-17 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SEAMAN, Nicholas Richard Motum | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Richard Edward | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2020-11-03 |
| COATES, Mark David | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2020-11-30 |
| DOBSON, Joanna Claire | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2022-06-30 |
| HOLDAWAY, Mark John | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2024-04-12 |
| PUREWAL, Inderjeet Singh | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2024-07-05 |
| WEBBER, Jonathan | Director | 2024-12-02 | 2025-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcuin Gp Iv Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.