HERCULES TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8M
-4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£60M
-30.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
239
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£14M
+19.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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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 | £28,887,682 | £40,178,694 | £41,030,732 | +2.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,531,885 | -£2,020,327 | £2,339,169 | +215.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,660,623 | -£17,485,478 | -£14,130,707 | +19.2% | |
| Net profit | -£14,917,902 | -£17,485,478 | -£14,034,111 | +19.7% | |
| Cash | £5,269,839 | £7,189,722 | £6,844,602 | -4.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £91,242,890 | £92,164,559 | -£42,663,397 | -146.3% | |
| Net assets | -£28,367,181 | -£45,851,630 | -£59,885,741 | -30.6% | |
| Equity | -£28,367,181 | -£45,851,630 | -£59,885,741 | -30.6% | |
| Average employees | 195 | 230 | 239 | +3.9% | |
| Wages | £10,820,794 | £14,537,371 | £14,644,233 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £461,341 | £595,600 | £557,147 | -6.5% |
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 | -5.3% | -5.0% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | -51.6% | -43.5% | -34.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | -2.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 142.6% | 153.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.00x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | -0.12x | -0.13x | 0.14x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERCULES TOPCO LIMITED 2021-08-23 → present
- HERCULES BIDCO LIMITED 2021-08-18 → 2021-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this analysis, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet their liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- HERCULES TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Hercules Bidco Limited 100%
- Wifinity Group Limited 100%
- Wifinity Networks Limited 100%
- Wifinity Limited 100%
- Vital Wifi Holdings Limited 100%
- Vital Wifi Limited 100%
- Next Connex Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 January 2026, the shareholders of Hercules Topco Limited entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the issued share capital of the Company to Logi Bidco Limited, subject to regulatory clearance under the National Security and Investment Act. The required clearance was obtained in March 2026, and the transaction completed on 8 April 2026, resulting in a change of ultimate control of the Group. As part of the transaction, certain financing arrangements in place at the balance sheet date were settled. Third-party borrowings (£53.5m), which were contractually repayable in September 2026, together with management loan notes (£82m) presented within borrowings in the Group balance sheet as at 31 December 2025, were fully repaid on completion.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPS, Jonathan Michael Charles | Director | 2023-10-25 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DEMETRIOU, Costas | Director | 2021-08-18 | Jun 1985 | British |
| EHRKE, Christopher Charles | Director | 2026-04-08 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MADANI, Shirene | Director | 2026-04-08 | Jun 1993 | Canadian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNING, Christian Lewis | Director | 2021-09-08 | 2022-01-31 |
| FISON, Joseph | Director | 2021-09-08 | 2026-04-08 |
| GOLDIE, David Carruth | Director | 2021-09-08 | 2026-04-08 |
| JERVIS, Thomas Frederick | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2026-04-08 |
| SANATHRA, Ajay | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2023-10-25 |
| TICKELL, Christopher Linley, Sir | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2026-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logi Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-08 | Active |
| Ldc X Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-09-08 | Ceased 2026-04-08 |
| Mr Costas Demetriou | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-18 | Ceased 2021-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.