Volt Topco Limited
Registered name: VOLT TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Alcuin Capital Partners LLP groupVolt Topco Limited made £27.8m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2026.
Volt Topco Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £27.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with a loss of £2.5m and 142 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Oldbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 3 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £26.1m | £27.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | −£13m | −£13.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £13.1m | £14.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.4m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £162 | −£3m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £162 | −£3m | −£2.5m |
| Staff costs | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 144 | 142 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −11.5% | −9.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 50.1% | 52.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £182k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£20.8k | −£17.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1k | — | — |
| Net assets | £485k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £8.3m | — | — |
| Current assets | £485k | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.8k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alcuin Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Alcuin GP V LLP75–100%
- Volt Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Volt Bidco LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
Sister companies (6)
- HB Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MK Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3
- Pearl Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Astra Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Crystal Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3.9m
- SF Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2026 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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