UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING TOPCO LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  Accordingly, whilst the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, these conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.

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  4 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.

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

• Turnover

  +0.8%

  £10,119,889 → £10,202,544

• Cash

  +377.4%

  £31,537 → £150,550

• Net assets

  -69.4%

  -£22,955,725 → -£38,878,512

• Employees

  -1.1%

  441 → 436

• Operating profit

  -73.1%

  -£7,473,470 → -£12,937,392

• Profit before tax

  -26.2%

  -£10,709,856 → -£13,512,820

• Wages

  -2.1%

  £8,034,502 → £7,867,757

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

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.

1. UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING TOPCO LIMITED 2021-03-10 → present
2. AGHOCO 2017 LIMITED 2021-01-28 → 2021-03-10

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“Accordingly, whilst the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, these conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING TOPCO LIMITED · parent
   1. Universally Speaking Midco Limited 100% · England and Wales
   2. Universally Speaking Bidco Limited 100% · England and Wales
   3. Universally Speaking Limited 100% · England and Wales
   4. Universally Speaking Inc 100% · United Kingdom
   5. Universally Speaking (España) Sl 100% · Spain

Significant events

• “On 26 February 2026, the Company (and therefore the group) was acquired by USQ Holdings Limited (a company registered in England & Wales) as part of a restructure for total consideration of £2.50. The directors of USQ Holdings Limited were the executive directors of the former Universally Speaking Group, Mr Andrew Brown and Mr Rhys William Davies.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.