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Company No. 09840298 · Incorporated 26 Oct 2015

Fence Topco Limited

Registered name: FENCE TOPCO LIMITED

Part of Exponent Private Equity (Holdings) LLP group

Fence Topco Limited made £80.2m revenue and a £23.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Fence Topco Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £80.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £23.1m and 452 employees. The company is classified under “financial management” and is based in Weybridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70221Financial management
Status
Active
Location
Weybridge, London
Age
10 yrs · since 2015
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£80.2m
Growth ▼2.2%
Profit
−£23.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−28.8%
Gross 70.5%
Employees
452
Change ▼4%
Profit / employee
−£51.2k
Revenue/employee £178k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£83.5m£82m£80.2m
Cost of sales−£25.6m−£24.5m−£23.7m
Gross profit£57.9m£57.5m£56.5m
Operating profit−£11.7m£4m£3.6m
Profit before tax−£34.1m−£19.2m−£20.8m
Profit after tax−£33.3m−£18.4m−£23.1m
Profit (best available)−£33.3m−£18.4m−£23.1m
Employees (average)525471452
Ratios
Profit margin−39.8%−22.4%−28.8%
Gross margin69.3%70.1%70.5%
Revenue per employee£159k£174k£178k
Profit per employee−£63.3k−£39k−£51.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.8%▼2.2%
Headcount growth—▼10.3%▼4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−28.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
70.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£178k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£51.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼4%
Now 452
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Exponent Private Equity (Holdings) LLPultimate parent75–100%
  2. Exponent Private Equity GP (Second Member) Limited75–100%
  3. Exponent Private Equity GP of GP III LLP25–50%
  4. Fence Topco Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Minority corporate shareholders

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£23.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026

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