IMPERIAL BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4M
lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
3
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£105,055 | -£177,613 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£950,045 | -£1,236,607 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£950,045 | -£1,236,607 | |
| Cash | £0 | £120 | £11,351 | £48 | £489 | £5,529 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,200,464 | £7,532,163 | £6,884,405 | £6,278,790 | £6,291,290 | £6,426,986 | |
| Net assets | -£74,536 | £99,638 | -£706,362 | -£1,604,984 | -£2,555,029 | -£3,791,636 | |
| Equity | -£74,536 | £99,638 | -£706,362 | -£1,604,984 | -£2,555,029 | -£3,791,636 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -1.7% | -2.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.01x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -0.12x | -0.17x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- IMPERIAL BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Marsden Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Marsden Weighing Machine Group Limited 100%
- Rent-A-Scale Limited 100%
- Bailey Instruments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The loan stock holders have confirmed that the repayment of the A loan stock has been deferred for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, unless the Group has surplus cash resources such that any repayments would not impact the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKHAM, Marcus | Director | 2024-04-12 | Apr 1972 | British |
| LURIE, Adrian Paul | Director | 2019-09-17 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SEAMAN, Nicholas Richard Motum | Director | 2019-10-04 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Richard Edward | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2020-11-03 |
| DOBSON, Joanna Claire | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2022-06-30 |
| HOLDAWAY, Mark John | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2024-04-12 |
| PUREWAL, Inderjeet Singh | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2024-07-05 |
| WEBBER, Jonathan | Director | 2024-12-02 | 2025-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.