Project Crystal Topco Limited
Registered name: PROJECT CRYSTAL TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Alcuin Capital Partners LLP groupProject Crystal Topco Limited made a £3.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Project Crystal Topco Limited reported a loss of £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Prescot; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Prescot, North West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | −£3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2k | £2k |
| Net assets | £18k | £18k |
| Fixed assets | £96.3k | £96.3k |
| Current assets | £2k | £2k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £18k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £96.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alcuin Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Alcuin GP V LLP50–75%
- Project Crystal Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Project Crystal Bidco LimitedRev. £818k · Profit −£1.8m
Sister companies (6)
- Volt Topco LimitedRev. £27.8m · Profit −£2.5m
- HB Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MK Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3
- Pearl Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Astra Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SF Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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