BLOOM TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+63.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+169.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
127
-20.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+115.2% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2020-02-06 | 2021-03-27 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-03-25 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £52,353,000 | £45,078,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£12,371,000 | -£8,779,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£18,529,000 | £2,820,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £101,000 | — | £69,000 | £86,000 | -£17,845,000 | £2,820,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £4,280,000 | £6,995,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,701,000 | — | £1,830,000 | £1,972,000 | £39,982,000 | £31,098,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,701,000 | — | £1,830,000 | £1,972,000 | -£28,337,000 | £19,648,000 | |
| Equity | — | £1,701,000 | £1,701,000 | £1,830,000 | £1,972,000 | -£28,337,000 | £19,648,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 6 | 159 | 127 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £6,901,000 | £6,000,000 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-29
-
Turnover
-13.9%
£52,353,000 £45,078,000
-
Cash
+63.4%
£4,280,000 £6,995,000
-
Net assets
+169.3%
-£28,337,000 £19,648,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-20.1%
159 127
-
Operating profit
+29%
-£12,371,000 -£8,779,000
-
Profit before tax
+115.2%
-£18,529,000 £2,820,000
-
Wages
-13.1%
£6,901,000 £6,000,000
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 | 2020-02-06 | 2021-03-27 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-03-25 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -23.6% | -19.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -34.1% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -30.9% | -28.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.61x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -1.96x | -17.05x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Group will continue to trade for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, and will be able to meet its debts as they fall due. The Group made a profit after tax for the period of £2.8m, and as at the period end the cash balance was £7.0m. The Group's net assets as at the period end were £19.6m and net current assets were £7.8m.”
Group structure
- BLOOM TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Bloom Midco Limited 100%
- Bloom Bidco Limited 100%
- Hush Homewear Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period, the wider Group underwent a capital restructure, releasing certain debt-obligations for the Group, with further support provided by shareholders to fund growth initiatives for the Group.”
- “The Group has strengthened the board over the past 18 months with the appointment of Philip Mountford as chair (Hunkemoller, Moss, Versace), Jill Stanton as NED (M&S, Gap Inc., Nike) and Rebecca Scott as CFO (Sephora, FeelUnique, Halfords) bringing further significant sector and domain expertise to the business.”
- “During the year, the Group launched on Marks & Spencer online marketplace in March 2025, accessing an audience of over nine million customers.”
- “In September 2024 the Group was proud to announce that it became a Certified B Corporation, joining the global community of companies that meet high standards of social and environmental impact, accountability and transparency.”
- “Post year end, 11,506 £0.01 C shares were issued for £0.065 each on 8 May 2025 and a further 4,602 £0,01 C shares were issues for £0.065 each on 1 July 2025.”
- “On 04 November 2024, the A loan notes were split between A and A1 loan notes, and the B loan notes were split between B and B1 loan notes. Immediately after this, the Group company acquired A1 and B1 loan notes from its subsidiary company, in exchange for 1. additional share in that company at a value of £45,288k, and all interest accrued to that date, totalling £16,050k was waived.”
- “On the same day Bloom Topco Limited, issued a further 8 A and 6 B shares in itself, at a premium of £45,288k to the holders of the A1 and B1 loan notes to redeem those loan notes in full.”
- “On the same day, the ultimate controlling parties made a cash facility of £10m available to the group, of which £2.5m was drawn down by the year-end, and is shown in creditors due within one year.”
- “On 24 October 2024 the Company cancelled 71,214 £0.01 C shares.”
- “On 07 January 2025, the Company issued 153,415 £0.01 C shares at £0.065 and simultaneously repurchased 144,936 shares at £0.01.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKER, Paul Andrew | Director | 2020-02-07 | May 1979 | British |
| MILES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| MOUNTFORD, Philip Francis | Director | 2025-11-03 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SCOTT, Rebecca Kathryn | Director | 2024-06-10 | Jul 1976 | British |
| STANTON, Jill | Director | 2025-11-03 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WATKINS, Amanda Jane | Director | 2020-03-26 | Jul 1968 | Australian |
| YOUNGMAN, Rupert John Pendoggett | Director | 2020-03-26 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Donald Fuller | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2024-06-10 |
| GIVEN, Susanne Johanne | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2024-07-03 |
| GREEN, Roddy | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2020-03-27 |
| KIRBY, Ben James Richmond | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2022-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Capital Iii Lp | Corporate entity | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2024-11-01 | Active |
| True Capital Ii-A Lp | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2020-03-26 | Active |
| True Capital Ii Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2020-02-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.