Ascend Topco Limited
Registered name: ASCEND TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Queen's Park Equity LLP groupAscend Topco Limited made £23.6m revenue and a £7.6m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Ascend Topco Limited’s revenue was £23.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £7.6m and 451 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sandhurst.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sandhurst, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£8.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 451 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −32.4% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.9k
- 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 451
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Queen's Park Equity LLPultimate parent25–50%
- Ascend Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ascend Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Cubic Topco LimitedRev. £10.2m · Profit −£299k
- RM Group Topco LimitedRev. £9.8m · Profit −£333k
- Anima Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.6m
- DCSL Newco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Forever Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Helix International Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£7.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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