SAINT TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-10.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£166M
-92.3% vs 2024
Employees
841
+14.9% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£74M
-20.5% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-15 | 2021-11-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £143,696,937 | £168,064,390 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£11,022,566 | -£21,030,570 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£61,034,361 | -£73,534,800 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£64,374,522 | -£80,328,780 | |
| Cash | — | — | £10,034,108 | £8,956,732 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £352,180,494 | £352,345,831 | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£86,239,792 | -£165,800,949 | |
| Equity | — | — | -£86,239,792 | -£165,800,949 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 732 | 841 | |
| Wages | — | — | £29,786,185 | £34,240,683 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £768,946 | £767,498 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+17%
£143,696,937 £168,064,390
-
Cash
-10.7%
£10,034,108 £8,956,732
-
Net assets
-92.3%
-£86,239,792 -£165,800,949
-
Employees
+14.9%
732 841
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-90.8%
-£11,022,566 -£21,030,570
-
Profit before tax
-20.5%
-£61,034,361 -£73,534,800
-
Wages
+15%
£29,786,185 £34,240,683
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 | 2021-08-15 | 2021-11-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -7.7% | -12.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -44.8% | -47.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -3.1% | -6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.78x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -0.22x | -0.40x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group 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
- SAINT TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Saint Bidco Limited 100%
- Southern Communications Group Limited 100%
- Southern Communications Limited 100%
- New Star Networks Pty 100%
- BSAS (Telecoms) Limited 100%
- Hanley Health Limited 100%
- Flip Solutions Limited 100%
- Faciam Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group acquired the entire issued share capital of Redline Tele.com Limited on 30 May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD, Paul James | Director | 2021-08-16 | Oct 1968 | British |
| GOLDIE, David Carruth | Director | 2021-08-16 | Aug 1963 | British |
| KIRK, Mathew Owen | Director | 2021-08-16 | May 1970 | British |
| MOODY, Alex James | Director | 2021-08-16 | Oct 1968 | British |
| OLIVER, Richard John Mcmillan | Director | 2022-07-26 | Jan 1982 | British |
| PHILLIPS, David Charles | Director | 2021-08-16 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WILSON, James Neil | Director | 2021-08-16 | May 1966 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Bradford | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-10 | Active |
| Robert William Burbidge | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-16 | Ceased 2021-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-03-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-12-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-09-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.