ASPIRE TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+9.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 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.
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 | £35,330,825 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£204,406 | -£8,144 | -£14,003 | -71.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,152,224 | £1,797,055 | £1,970,050 | +9.6% | |
| Net profit | -£1,869,963 | £1,797,055 | £1,970,050 | +9.6% | |
| Cash | £1,201,992 | £2,076,387 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,805,836 | £53,509,956 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £13,607,122 | £16,482,773 | — | — | |
| Equity | £13,607,122 | £16,482,773 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 384 | 455 | — | — | |
| Wages | £20,610,512 | £23,611,472 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £929,812 | £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. 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 | -0.6% | — | — | |
| Net margin | -5.3% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | -0.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.4% | 44.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 2.34x | — | |
| Interest cover | -0.07x | -0.00x | — |
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 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. Directors have satisfied themselves that cash flow forecasts... Group will have sufficient funds... to meet its liabilities as they fall due... continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ASPIRE TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Aspire Holdco Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30th September 2025, Artisan Topco Limited acquired 100% of the equity share capital of Aspire Topco Limited. Artisan Topco Limited became the ultimate parent entity of the Company. A capital contribution was made to the Company by its immediate parent undertaking, Artisan Acquisitionco Limited. Part of the capital contribution was used to pay a dividend to the previous shareholders, with the remaining balance passed in full to its immediate subsidiary by way of an investment in subsidiary undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Robert David | Director | 2025-09-30 | Apr 1974 | British |
| MULLEN, Ian Nicholas | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
| O'DONNELL, Jonathan | Director | 2025-09-30 | May 1970 | British |
| SMYTHE, Stewart | Director | 2019-11-14 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| EARP, George | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2025-09-30 |
| HITCHCOCK, Simon John | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2025-09-30 |
| HUDSON, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-05-03 |
| MALE, Philip Stewart | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2025-09-30 |
| MORRIS, Matthew | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2022-01-19 |
| SEAR, Simon | Director | 2025-09-30 | 2026-02-28 |
| SULTANA, Joseph | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2025-09-30 |
| WHITE, James Russell | Director | 2023-10-10 | 2025-09-30 |
| WHITEHOUSE, James Michael | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2024-12-01 |
| WILKEY, Richard Geraint | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2019-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artisan Acquisitionco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-30 | Active |
| Rozi Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-29 | Ceased 2022-05-19 |
| Horizon Capital 2018 Limited Partnership | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-14 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Harrison Clark (Shareholding) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-06-25 | Ceased 2019-11-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-05-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-05-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 7
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.