AURORA TOPCO 1 LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
Equity attributable
Employees
59
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
Period ending 2026-03-27
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | 2026-03-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,910,974 | £27,040,170 | £25,772,816 | — | |
| Operating profit | £5,414,398 | £3,359,469 | £852,306 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,690,774 | £3,692,151 | £1,057,544 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,100,192 | £2,704,494 | £596,772 | — | |
| Cash | £10,495,744 | £6,353,144 | £5,876,128 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,988,996 | £11,737,032 | £12,303,639 | — | |
| Net assets | £14,851,092 | £11,563,790 | £12,105,986 | — | |
| Equity | £14,851,092 | £11,563,790 | £12,105,986 | — | |
| Average employees | 61 | 61 | 59 | — | |
| Wages | £3,288,360 | £3,218,588 | £3,598,243 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £410,540 | £324,226 | £495,127 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,194 | £37,673 | £43,100 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £311,540 | £261,993 | £309,866 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | 2026-03-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 12.4% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 10.0% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.1% | 28.6% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.2% | 37.0% | 33.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.90x | 2.18x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- AURORA TOPCO 1 LIMITED · parent
- The Juice Burst Drinks Co. Limited 100%
- Firefly Tonics Limited 100%
- Purity Soft Drinks Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAROE, Mark Frederick | Director | 2021-12-24 | Oct 1961 | British |
| COLLARD, David John | Director | 2025-10-13 | Jul 1967 | British |
| JONES, David Peter Gwynne | Director | 2025-01-22 | Jun 1972 | British |
| PEDERSEN, Camilla Skiffard | Director | 2021-12-24 | Apr 1993 | Danish |
| SNELL, Scott David | Director | 2026-04-28 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANAND, Rooney | Director | 2021-12-24 | 2025-10-01 |
| BALDWIN, Sarah Jane | Director | 2021-12-24 | 2025-03-27 |
| DUFFIN, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2025-09-05 | 2025-12-16 |
| JOHNSSON, Emanuel | Director | 2021-08-26 | 2021-12-24 |
| STEEL, Christopher Edward | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-20 | Active |
| Aurora Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-26 | Ceased 2021-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-19 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.