EXCALIBUR BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£25K
+525% vs 2024
Net assets
-£17M
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£853K
-10.9% vs 2024
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 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,195,000 | £1,155,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£597,000 | -£67,000 | -£380,000 | -467.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,327,000 | -£769,000 | -£853,000 | -10.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,327,000 | -£771,000 | -£853,000 | -10.6% | |
| Cash | — | £4,000 | £25,000 | +525% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£15,017,000 | -£10,183,000 | -£11,075,000 | -8.8% | |
| Net assets | -£15,017,000 | -£15,799,000 | -£16,652,000 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | -£15,017,000 | -£15,799,000 | -£16,652,000 | -5.4% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £828,000 | £808,000 | £1,128,000 | +39.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £945,000 | £668,000 | £922,000 | +38% |
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 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -50.0% | -5.8% | — | |
| Net margin | -111.0% | -66.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.01x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | -0.82x | -0.10x | -0.80x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- EXCALIBUR BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Wowcher Limited 100%
- LivingSocial Limited 100%
- LivingSocial Europe Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the Period, there was an amendment to the Term and Revolving Facilities Agreement to defer all repayments until 26 September 2028. This is due to a post year end acquisition of SpaBreaks.com by Wowcher Limited, a subsidiary of Excalibur Bidco Limited. (See note 19)”
- “On 6 October 2025, following the year end, Wowcher Limited which is owned by Excalibur Bidco completed the acquisition of SpaBreaks.com Limited. The acquisition forms part of the Group's strategy to expand its presence in the leisure and wellbeing sector. As the completion occurred after the reporting date, the financial impact of the acquisition is not reflected in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Alexis | Director | 2025-07-31 | Aug 1990 | British |
| KEMBLE-DIAZ, Karen Louise | Director | 2015-11-26 | Sep 1965 | British |
| OBORNE, George Glamis | Director | 2025-07-31 | May 1989 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYAN, Roland Patrick | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2025-07-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Simon Russell | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2015-11-26 |
| GRAHAM, Christopher Michael | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2015-11-26 |
| MACKINNON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-04-25 |
| TENWICK, Colin John | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2023-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excalibur Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.