Imperial Topco Limited
Registered name: IMPERIAL TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Alcuin GP IV LLP groupImperial Topco Limited made £10m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Imperial Topco Limited’s revenue was £10m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 53 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £4.6m | −£5.8m | −£5.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£384k | −£91k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£1.8m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7k | −£3.5k | −£1.8m | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7k | −£3.5k | −£1.8m | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 61 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −17.7% | −21.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 42.3% | 44.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £164k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | −£345 | −£705 | −£29k | −£40k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1120% | ▼13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11 | £731 | — | — |
| Net assets | — | £68.2k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £111 | £2.8k | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£608k | −£2.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£40k
- 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.
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
- ▼13%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alcuin GP IV LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Imperial Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Imperial Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Insanely Great Company LimitedRev. £238m · Profit −£1.1m
- Jenny Topco LimitedRev. £30.4m · Profit −£3.5m
- High Road Restaurants Group Holdco LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit −£1.8m
- Iti Engineering Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nemesis Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Otg Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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