ALBATROSS TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-27 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£217K
-0.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£5M
+29.1% vs 2023
Employees
38
-13.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£764K
+51.6% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £6,318,993 | £7,008,665 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£906,879 | -£46,152 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£1,579,032 | -£763,802 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£1,649,995 | -£858,617 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £218,395 | £216,635 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £86,898 | £90,766 | £90,266 | £3,617,792 | £6,844,001 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£6,744,707 | -£4,778,938 | |
| Equity | £86,898 | £90,766 | £90,266 | -£6,744,707 | -£4,778,938 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 38 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£6,318,993 £7,008,665
-
Cash
-0.8%
£218,395 £216,635
-
Net assets
+29.1%
-£6,744,707 -£4,778,938
-
Employees
-13.6%
44 38
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+94.9%
-£906,879 -£46,152
-
Profit before tax
+51.6%
-£1,579,032 -£763,802
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -14.4% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -26.1% | -12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -25.1% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 192.4% | 147.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.66x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -1.35x | -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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALBATROSS TOPCO LIMITED 2020-01-22 → present
- BOLT TOPCO LIMITED 2019-10-24 → 2020-01-22
- AGHOCO 1877 LIMITED 2019-08-14 → 2019-10-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- OPPENHEIMS Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have examined the future prospects of the Group and believe that, taking into account reasonable downsides, the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period if 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts and have prepared the Group's financial statements according to the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ALBATROSS TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Albatross Midco Limited 100%
- Albatross Bidco Limited 100%
- Flight Calibration Services Limited 100%
- FCSL Engineering Limited 100%
- Flight Calibration Services Europe Limited 100%
- Albatross RAE Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2022 the Group took a Covid Recovery loan repayable over six years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPTON, Chris | Director | 2020-07-23 | Sep 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Mark | Director | 2021-11-22 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-08-14 | 2019-10-24 |
| BARTLETT, David Richard | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2024-12-20 |
| DENNE, Toby Ralph Seymour | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2024-12-20 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2019-10-24 |
| RICHARDSON, Clive Robert | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2023-10-19 |
| SELLERS, Chris | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2020-02-28 |
| TAIYEB, Matiul Islam | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2022-02-28 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Nicholas William | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2024-12-20 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-08-14 | 2019-10-24 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2019-08-14 | 2019-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy Capital Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-22 | Active |
| Inhoco Formations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-08-14 | Ceased 2020-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2021-12-01 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.