COSMOS BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£487k
+685.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£47m
-2.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
-50% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£11m
+16.6% vs 2025
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 Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,143,000 | £1,551,000 | £773,000 | -50.2% | |
| Operating profit | £7,000 | £88,000 | £9,000 | -89.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,332,000 | -£12,941,000 | -£10,795,000 | +16.6% | |
| Net profit | -£10,332,000 | -£12,941,000 | -£1,249,000 | +90.3% | |
| Cash | £10,000 | £62,000 | £487,000 | +685.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,006,000 | £62,977,000 | -£47,078,000 | -174.8% | |
| Net assets | -£25,615,000 | -£45,829,000 | -£47,078,000 | -2.7% | |
| Equity | -£25,615,000 | -£45,829,000 | -£47,078,000 | -2.7% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | 2 | -50% | |
| Wages | £916,000 | £1,214,000 | £578,000 | -52.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £643,000 | £650,000 | £652,000 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £354,000 | £360,000 | £361,000 | +0.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 5.7% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -161.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.5% | 115.4% | 115.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.21x | 0.19x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 0.01x | 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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COSMOS BIDCO LIMITED 2020-08-31 → present
- FIRE BIDCO LIMITED 2020-07-17 → 2020-08-31
- HAMSARD 3571 LIMITED 2020-06-15 → 2020-07-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received confirmation from the Company's parent ECI 12 Special Purpose Topco Limited that it has the financial resources and ability to continue to provide support to the company for a period of not less than twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- COSMOS BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- CSL Communications Group Limited 100%
- CSL Dualcom Group Limited 100%
- CSL Dualcom AB 100%
- Dualcom Holdings Limited 100%
- CSL (Dualcom) Limited 100%
- CSL Benelux B.V. 100%
- CSL Iberia S.L. 100%
- Caburn Group Limited 100%
- M2M Intelligence Limited 100%
- Caburn Telecom Limited 100%
- Caburn Telecom B.V. 100%
- CSL Americas Inc 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 September 2025, Cosmos Topco Limited, the previous ultimate parent of the Company, was acquired by ECI 12 Special Purpose Bidco Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALE, Edward Christopher Fairfax | Director | 2020-07-30 | Jul 1973 | British |
| MCCREADIE, Paul Dominic Ian | Director | 2020-07-16 | Feb 1979 | British |
| SLUPEK, Jonathan | Director | 2025-12-31 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-15 | 2020-07-16 |
| BAILEY, Daniel James | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2020-07-30 |
| BANKS, Simon James | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2025-09-30 |
| HOLLETT, Philip Stevenson | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2023-03-31 |
| HUSSAIN KAYANI, Kassir | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2021-04-30 |
| JONES, Jonathan James | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2020-07-16 |
| LEIGH, Thomas William Elliott | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2025-12-31 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2020-06-15 | 2020-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmos Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-16 | Active |
| Squire Patton Boggs Directors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-15 | Ceased 2020-07-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.