AGORA TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
-49.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£89m
-26.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
98
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£18m
+15.1% vs 2024
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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,634,408 | £16,033,519 | £18,742,417 | +16.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£7,561,355 | -£7,776,467 | -£6,456,869 | +17% | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,109,988 | -£21,369,576 | -£18,151,734 | +15.1% | |
| Net profit | -£18,882,026 | -£21,888,606 | -£19,244,136 | +12.1% | |
| Cash | £5,362,146 | £5,551,196 | £2,785,471 | -49.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,017,219 | £68,658,689 | £58,028,787 | -15.5% | |
| Net assets | -£49,129,374 | -£70,215,410 | -£88,872,436 | -26.6% | |
| Equity | -£49,129,374 | -£70,215,410 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 90 | 92 | 98 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £6,428,890 | £7,371,078 | £7,910,795 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £574,477 | £1,454,714 | £949,238 | -34.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,283 | £4,403 | £3,852 | -12.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £602,348 | £393,338 | £552,782 | +40.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -48.4% | -48.5% | -34.5% | |
| Net margin | -120.8% | -136.5% | -102.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.8% | -11.3% | -11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 156.1% | 186.7% | 223.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 0.93x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | -0.62x | -0.57x | -0.47x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- AGORA TOPCO LIMITED 2021-05-07 → present
- SHOO 657 LIMITED 2021-04-23 → 2021-05-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group made a loss before tax, primarily as a result of amortisation charges and interest payable, whilst generating cash from operating activities during the year of £3,427,081 (2024: £3,022,901). The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AGORA TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Agora Midco Limited 100%
- Agora Midco 2 Limited 100%
- Agora Bidco Limited 100%
- Symposium Capital Ltd 100%
- Canary Ltd 100%
- Inspired Pharma Training Ltd 100%
- BioPhorum Operations Group Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On the 16 December 2025 the Group acquired Inspired Pharma Training Ltd, a training organisation providing face to face and online training courses in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing quality management.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOBEWKA, Deborah Karen | Director | 2024-11-07 | Dec 1961 | British |
| O'REILLY, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2025-06-02 | Dec 1991 | Irish |
| PANDIT, Kunal | Director | 2021-05-05 | Oct 1979 | British |
| TAGG, Michael James | Director | 2025-08-14 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WHITMAN, Darren | Director | 2021-05-17 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJÖRKLUND, Håkan | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2026-05-05 |
| BRIGGS, Simon Matthew | Director | 2021-04-23 | 2021-05-05 |
| HAWKINS, Timothy Edward | Director | 2022-04-05 | 2024-04-30 |
| HULL, Adam Alexander Ross | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2025-06-02 |
| JONES, Stephen William | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2025-02-28 |
| SPACIE, Daniel John | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2021-11-05 |
| WOOD, Timothy Nicholas | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2024-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoosmiths Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-23 | Ceased 2021-05-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 10
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.