Albatross Topco Limited
Registered name: ALBATROSS TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupAlbatross Topco Limited made £6.3m revenue and £555k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Albatross Topco Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £6.3m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £555k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Shoreham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shoreham, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £6.8m | £6.3m | £7m | £6.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£913k | −£907k | −£46.2k | £948k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.6m | −£764k | £576k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.6m | −£859k | £555k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.6m | −£859k | £555k |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 46 | 44 | 38 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −45.5% | −22.1% | −26.1% | −12.3% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 32.8% | 37.5% | 41.5% | 46.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £149k | £144k | £184k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | −£56.8k | −£32.9k | −£37.5k | −£22.6k | £12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.6% | ▼7.7% | ▲10.9% | ▼10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▼4.3% | ▼13.6% | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Net assets | £90.8k | £90.3k | £90.3k | £89.6k | £89k |
| Fixed assets | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▼1%
- Now £89k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent50–75%
- Albatross Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Albatross Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Rci Group 2024 LimitedRev. £98.7m · Profit −£12.8m
- Techpoint Group LtdRev. £29.7m · Profit −£2.9m
- Bright Ventures Education Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Kelly Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£12k
- Live Business Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£6.5k
- Ofj Spring Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orion II Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £555k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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