Polaris (Topco) Limited
Registered name: POLARIS (TOPCO) LIMITED
Part of Bowmark Capital LLP groupPolaris (Topco) Limited made £26.8m revenue and a £12.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Polaris (Topco) Limited’s revenue was £26.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £12.3m. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £28.2m | £26.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.6m | −£10.2m | −£9.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £18m | £17.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | −£11.1m | −£11m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.9m | −£12.5m | −£12.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.9m | −£12.8m | −£12.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.9m | −£12.8m | −£12.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −42.2% | −45.5% | −45.9% |
| Gross margin | 62.3% | 63.8% | 65.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −45.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.7%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bowmark Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Bowmark Capital (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Bowmark Capital Partners GP Limited75–100%
- Bowmark GP VI LLP50–75%
- Polaris (Topco) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Polaris (Holdco) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Santorini (Topco) LimitedRev. £78.7m · Profit −£30.1m
- Cirrus (Topco) LimitedRev. £28.4m · Profit −£37.6m
- Bowmark Capital Partners VI, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Investment Partnership VI, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Investment Partnership-J, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Investment Partnership-L, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bowmark Investment Partnership-M, Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Plato Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£478k
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£12.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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