SDH HOLDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
Cash
£173
-100% vs 2022
Net assets
-£14M
-11.4% vs 2022
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
-104.5% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£64,759 | -£109,112 | |
| Profit before tax | -£898,140 | -£1,836,396 | |
| Net profit | -£727,493 | -£1,404,465 | |
| Cash | £1,638,773 | £173 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,592,945 | £15,236,366 | |
| Net assets | -£12,359,169 | -£13,763,634 | |
| Equity | -£12,359,169 | -£13,763,634 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£1,638,773 £173
-
Net assets
-11.4%
-£12,359,169 -£13,763,634
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-68.5%
-£64,759 -£109,112
-
Profit before tax
-104.5%
-£898,140 -£1,836,396
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 161.4% | 172.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.21x | |
| Interest cover | -0.08x | -0.06x |
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
- SDH HOLDCO LIMITED 2012-04-23 → present
- SHOO 563 LIMITED 2012-02-01 → 2012-04-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company have prepared a cash flow forecast until at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, taking into consideration the impact of the uncertainties such as inflationary cost pressures. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SDH HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Orange Cyberdefense UK Limited 100%
- Orange Cyberdefense South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- SensePost UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 June 2023, the group undertaking loan of £27,952,114 was repaid and a new group undertaking loan drawdown of £29,000,000 was taken out.”
- “On 17 June 2024, the company took out an additional £2 million drawdown on the £33 million facility with Atlas Services Belgium S.A (related party). As at the signing date, the company has a total drawdown of £31 million.”
- “In 2021 an increase in the corporation tax rate to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023 was substantively enacted.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHARDWAJ, Ajay | Director | 2026-04-17 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2012-04-24 |
| AURIOL POTIER, Hélène | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2021-11-15 |
| BIDDULPH, Michael Thomas | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2019-01-31 |
| BROWN, Ian Christopher | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2019-09-30 |
| COOKE, Andrew Derek | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2013-08-13 |
| CORDIER, Matthieu | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2020-11-06 |
| DAVIDSON, Keith Robert | Director | 2012-04-24 | 2014-07-04 |
| DAVIS, Neville | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2016-05-17 |
| DE WINDT, Fabrice | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2020-11-06 |
| FOULON, Hugues | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2026-03-09 |
| GRANT, Ian Douglas | Director | 2012-04-24 | 2017-09-28 |
| GREEFF, Etienne | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2019-01-31 |
| JAMES, Kevin Ian | Director | 2016-10-25 | 2019-01-31 |
| NAGEVADIA, Rajesh Prabhudas | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| RATTLE, Philip Michael | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2019-01-31 |
| SADLER, Sian | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2012-04-24 |
| TOMLINSON, Matthew Charles | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2019-01-31 |
| TOUSSAINT, Quentin | Director | 2020-11-06 | 2026-04-17 |
| VAN DEN BERGHE, Michel | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2021-07-23 |
| WINNING, Christian Patrick Lorenzo | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2019-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-01-31 | Active |
| August Equity Partners Ii A | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-28 | Ceased 2018-11-28 |
| August Equity Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2019-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-01-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.