VOLT TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£5.3m
+20.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£8.3m
-45.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.9m
+20.8% highest in 3 filed years
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 Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,226,025 | £26,138,309 | £27,770,476 | +6.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,503,660 | £1,273,854 | £1,868,654 | +46.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,479,721 | -£2,405,087 | -£1,905,536 | +20.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,845,180 | -£3,001,312 | -£2,525,248 | +15.9% | |
| Cash | £3,075,808 | £4,397,848 | £5,290,518 | +20.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,237,507 | £33,858,879 | £32,463,416 | -4.1% | |
| Net assets | -£2,371,447 | -£5,690,916 | -£8,293,261 | -45.7% | |
| Equity | -£2,371,447 | -£5,690,916 | -£8,293,261 | -45.7% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 144 | 142 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | £7,322,383 | £6,524,882 | £6,930,906 | +6.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £773,649 | £451,592 | £414,815 | -8.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £45,382 | £20,127 | £22,830 | +13.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £441,838 | £173,644 | £210,144 | +21% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.9% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -9.1% | -11.5% | -9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 3.8% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 105.9% | 114.5% | 121.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.76x | 2.80x | |
| Interest cover | 0.38x | 0.34x | 0.49x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Group's financial forecasts for the next twelve months alongside the cash position and facilities available and have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have the resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- VOLT TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Volt Bidco Limited 100%
- Itchen Stoke Limited 100%
- Vaughan Limited 100%
- Vaughan Designs Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “The tariff on imports introduced in the US introduced a level of uncertainty which the Company successfully navigated without negatively impacting business performance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN-SHEAD, Beth | Director | 2025-06-23 | Mar 1980 | British |
| GOODWORTH, Richard John | Director | 2026-02-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
| STOREY, Mark Henry | Director | 2022-12-20 | Oct 1961 | British |
| VAUGHAN, Lucinda Mary Louise, The Hon | Director | 2023-03-10 | Oct 1956 | British |
| WILSON, Neil Richard | Director | 2022-12-20 | May 1982 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Nigel | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2026-01-19 |
| WILKINSON, Eric Richard | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2025-04-22 |
| WYE, Sheila Louise | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2024-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcuin Gp V Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-18 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-09-18 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-09-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-07 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-03-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-07 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-16 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 10
- 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.