PROJECT CROWN TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
401
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£5M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-08 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,411,476 | £25,937,626 | |
| Operating profit | — | £329,604 | £744,342 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,638,178 | -£4,510,872 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,961,643 | -£4,482,208 | |
| Cash | — | £1,914,588 | £4,333,368 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £39,259,022 | £54,224,007 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,790,436 | -£6,177,236 | |
| Equity | £0 | -£1,790,436 | -£6,177,236 | |
| Average employees | — | 229 | 401 | |
| Wages | — | £5,519,974 | £15,544,969 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £372,669 | £816,478 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-05-08 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.5% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | -20.8% | -17.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.8% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 103.9% | 109.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.39x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.17x | 0.14x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Langard Lifford Hall Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- PROJECT CROWN TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- BK PLUS (CHELTENHAM) LIMITED 100%
- ATKINS FERRIE SERVICES LIMITED 100%
- RILEY & CO LIMITED 100%
- WRIGLEY PARTINGTON LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS (SOLIHULL) LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS (STOKE) LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS (ST HELENS) LIMITED 100%
- BURROWS & LEWIS LIMITED 100%
- GILPIN & HARDING LIMITED 100%
- RI UEPRINT ASSOCIATES LIMITED 100%
- PROJECT CROWN TRUSTEE LIMITED 100%
- PROJECT CROWN BIDCO LIMITED 100%
- CHAPMAN NASH ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED 100%
- ABRAMS ASHTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 100%
- CASSON BECKMAN BUSINESS AND TAX ADVISERS LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS HIGH WYCOMBE LIMITED 100%
- 4GP HOLDINGS LIMITED 100%
- CORNERSTONE GLASGOW LIMITED 100%
- FOURM LIMITED 100%
- FOURM ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED 100%
- BK PLUS (CHORLEY) LIMITED 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial period ended 31 March 2025, the company acquired 8 accountancy practices that provide accountancy and taxation services in the United Kingdom.”
- “Following the end of the year the group continued its strategy of making acquisitions. On the 1 April 2025 the group acquired the assets of Bird Simpson and JC Wallace and the shares of Ian MacFarlane Limited and Walton Kilgour Limited. On the 18 July 2025 the group acquired the assets of Read Milburn. All of these post balance sheet events are non adjusting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, David James | Director | 2023-06-09 | Dec 1977 | British |
| BREVITT, Kevin Simon George | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| HILL, Edward John | Director | 2023-09-16 | Mar 1973 | British |
| HUSTLER, Thomas Harry | Director | 2023-09-16 | Oct 1985 | British |
| KNIGHT, Shaun Lee | Director | 2023-06-09 | Sep 1968 | British |
| THOMAS, Richard Charles | Director | 2023-09-16 | Feb 1981 | British |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2023-09-16 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOULD, Ian James | Director | 2023-06-09 | 2026-01-01 |
| RAMZAN, Mohammed | Director | 2024-08-12 | 2026-01-01 |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2023-05-09 | 2023-06-09 |
| GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-05-09 | 2023-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palatine Gp Iv Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-16 | Active |
| Palatine Private Equity Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-09-16 | Active |
| Mr Shaun Lee Knight | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-09 | Ceased 2023-09-16 |
| Gateley Incorporations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-09 | Ceased 2023-06-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-22 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.