Canary (Midco 1) Limited
Registered name: CANARY (MIDCO 1) LIMITED
Part of Bowmark Capital LLP groupCanary (Midco 1) Limited made a £277k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Canary (Midco 1) Limited reported a loss of £277k in the year to 31 Mar 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Norwich.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | — |
| Profit after tax | −£277k |
| Profit (best available) | −£277k |
| Employees (average) | 2 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | — |
| Profit per employee | −£139k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | £26.6m |
| Current assets | £35.3m |
| Debtors | £35.3m |
| Deferred income | £349k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
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
- −£139k
- 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 £26.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £349k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Bowmark Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Bowmark Capital (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Bowmark Capital Partners GP Limited75–100%
- Bowmark Growth GP LLP50–75%
- Canary (Midco 1) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Canary (Midco 2) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£86
Sister companies (8)
- Goodwood (Topco) LimitedRev. £10m · Profit −£11.2m
- Bowmark Growth Investment Partnership Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Growth Investment Partnership-a, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Growth Investment Partnership-B, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Growth Investment Partnership-C, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Growth Investment Partnership-D, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Growth Partners Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Multiverse (Topco) LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 Mar 2023 (profit −£277k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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