TOPCO KORU LIMITED

 

Filleted Accounts

 

Year Ended

 

31 December 2025

 

 

 

 

Company Number 12717398

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

 

Company Information

 

Directors

Duncan Stockdill

Phillip Haines

Charles Johnstone

Fiona McMahon

Michael McGrath

Steven Ledgerwood

Anna Dick

Michael Cooper

 

Registered office

Level 1, 20 Dale Street

Manchester

M1 1EZ

 

Registered number

12717398

 

Independent Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Ninth Floor, Landmark

St Peter's Square

1 Oxford Road

Manchester

M1 4PB

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

Contents

Page

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

4

 

 

Company Statement of Financial Position

5

 

 

Notes to the Financial Statements

6-16

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

As at 31 December 2025

 

 

Notes

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

4

 

10,123,878

 

12,394,596

Tangible assets

5

 

45,941

 

81,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,169,819

 

12,476,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Debtors

7

388,841

 

340,190

 

Cash at bank and in hand

 

968,081

 

678,146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,356,924

 

1,018,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creditors: amounts falling due

 

 

 

 

 

within one year

8

(1,273,623)

 

(893,169)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net current assets

 

 

83,301

 

125,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creditors: amounts falling due

9

 

(26,223,163)

 

(24,708,801)

after one year

 

 

 

 

 

Provisions for liabilities

10

 

-

 

(258,527)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net liabilities

 

 

(15,970,043)

 

(12,365,999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and reserves

 

 

 

 

 

Called up share capital

12

 

100,000

 

98,500

Share Premium Account

12

 

900,000

 

886,500

Profit and loss account

 

 

(16,970,043)

 

(13,350,999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' funds

 

 

(15,970,043)

 

(12,365,999)

 

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The statement of comprehensive income has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

 

 

 

 

 

M Cooper

Director

Approved by the board on 28th May 2026

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

Company Statement of Financial Position

As at 31 December 2025

 

 

Notes

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

6

 

1

 

1

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Debtors

7

1,518,501

 

1,406,849

 

Cash at bank and in hand

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,518,501

 

1,406,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creditors: amounts falling due

 

 

 

 

 

within one year

8

-

 

(15,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net current assets

 

 

1,518,501

 

1,391,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creditors: amounts falling due

 

 

-

 

-

after one year

 

 

 

 

 

Provisions for liabilities

 

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets

 

 

1,518,502

 

1,391,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and reserves

 

 

 

 

 

Called up share capital

12

 

100,000

 

98,500

Share Premium Account

 

 

900,000

 

886,500

Profit and loss account

 

 

518,502

 

406,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' funds

 

 

1,518,502

 

1,391,850

 

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the company has not presented its own profit and loss account and related notes as it prepares group accounts. The company's profit for the year was £111,652 (2024 - £102,858).

 

 

 

 

 

M Cooper

Director

Approved by the board on 28th May 2026

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

Notes to the Accounts

For the year ended 31 December 2025

 

1     General Information

 

Topco Koru Limited is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2006. The address of the registered office is Level 1, 20 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1EZ.

 

2     Accounting policies

 

2.1     Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).

 

The financial statements have been prepared for the year ended 31 December 2025. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

 

2.2     Parent company disclosure exemptions

Under FRS 102, the following disclosure exemptions have been adopted:

 

No cash flow statement has been prepared for the parent company

true

Disclosures in respect of parent company's financial instruments and aggregate remuneration of key management have not been included as they would be the same as the group as a whole.

true

 

2.3     Going Concern

The main trading company, Zestia Limited, is profit making, has strong monthly recurring revenues and has net assets at the year end. It also has a net positive cash position and is forecast to continue in this position for the foreseeable future. The debt and accrued interest is not due to be paid until July 2030, however loan note interest is being paid when sufficient cash reserves are available. On this basis, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has reasonable resources to remain in operational existence for the foreseeable future and not less than 12 months from signing. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the annual report and financial statements.

 

2.4     Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements present the results of Topco Koru Limited and its subsidiaries (“Group”) as if they were one entity. Intercompany balances between group companies have been eliminated in full.

 

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the balance sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets and liabilities have been recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the date on which control was obtained.

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

2.5     Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the rendering of software as a service. Turnover from the rendering of software as a service is recognised by reference to the ongoing contract status of each customer, annual billed customers are recognised on a pro-rata basis over the period of the billing cycle and monthly customers are recognised at the end of each monthly billing cycle.

 

2.6     Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:

 

Computer Equipment

- 33.33% straight line

 

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset and are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

 

2.7     Intangible assets - development costs

Intangible assets are recognised from the development phase of a project if and only if certain specific criteria are met in order to demonstrate the asset will generate probable future economic benefits and that its cost can be reliably measured. The capitalised development costs are amortised on a straight line basis over five years.

 

2.8     Investments

Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

 

2.9     Business combinations and goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of a business combination over the fair value of the group's share of net identifiable assets of the acquired subsidiary at the date of acquisition. Goodwill amortisation is calculated by applying the straight-line method to its estimated useful life which is estimated to be 10 years.

 

Estimates of the useful economic life of goodwill are based on a variety of factors such as the expected use of the acquired business and its technology, assumptions that market participants would consider in respect of similar businesses and the expected useful life of the customer base.

 

Under FRS102, intangible assets have not been recognised separately from goodwill as the following three conditions have not been satisfied:

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

 

the recognition criteria set out in paragraph 18.4 are met (i.e. it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably);

the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and

the intangible asset is separable (i.e. capable of being separated or divided from the entity and sold, transferred, licensed, rented or exchanged either individually or together with a related contract, asset or liability).

 

2.10     Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment losses. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

 

2.11     Creditors

Short term creditors are measured at transaction price. Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.

 

2.12     Financial liabilities

Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method. Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and other similar expenses

 

2.13     Taxation

A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period.

 

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

 

2.14     Share-based payments

Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted using Black-Scholes pricing model. The fair value determined at the grant date is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the estimate of shares that will eventually vest. A corresponding adjustment is made to the equity.

 

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

The expense in relation to options over the parent company's shares granted to employees of a subsidiary is recognised by the company as a capital contribution, and presented as an increase in the company's investment in the subsidiary.

 

2.15     Foreign currency translation

Foreign currency transactions are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Any differences are taken to the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

 

2.16     Retirement benefits

For defined contribution schemes the amount charged to profit and loss is the contributions payable in the year. Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are shown as either accruals or prepayments.

 

2.17     Employee benefits

The cost of short term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of fixed assets. The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.

 

2.18     Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial instruments and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks

 

2.19     Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In preparing the financial statements management are required to make judgements about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events which are expected to be reasonable under the circumstances. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are; internally generated intangible assets, amortisation of fixed assets and goodwill, the impairment of investments and the carrying value of goodwill and the recoverability of group debtors.

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

3     Employees

 

 

2025

2024

 

 

 

Average number of persons employed by the company including Directors

4646

 

There are no persons employed directly by the company Topco Koru Limited.

 

4     Intangible assets

 

 

Development

Goodwill on

Total Intangible

 

costs

consolidation

assets

 

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

 

At 1 January 2025

2,295,39219,903,42622,198,818

Additions

193,925

-

193,925

 

 

 

 

At 31 December 2025

2,489,31719,903,42622,392,743

 

 

 

 

Amortisation

 

 

 

At 1 January 2025

920,7858,883,4379,804,222

Charge for the year

473,4431,991,1992,464,643

 

 

 

 

At 31 December 2025

1,394,22810,874,63612,268,865

 

 

 

 

Net book value

 

 

 

At 31 December 2025

1,095,0899,028,79010,123,878

 

 

 

 

At 31 December 2024

1,374,60711,019,98912,394,596

 

The company had no intangible fixed assets at 31 December 2025 (2024 - £0).

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

5     Tangible fixed assets

 

 

Computer

 

Equipment

 

£

 

 

Cost

 

 

 

At 1 January 2025

309,622

Additions

15,295

Disposal

(19,679)

 

 

At 31 December 2025

305,238

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

At 1 January 2025

228,056

Charge for the year

46,048

Disposal

(14,807)

 

 

At 31 December 2025

259,297

 

 

Net book value

 

 

 

At 31 December 2025

45,941

 

 

At 31 December 2024

81,566

 

The company had no tangible assets at 31 December 2025 (2024 - £0).

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

6     Investments

 

Topco Koru Limited investment in Bidco Koru Limited is as follows:

 

 

Investment in

 

subsidiary

 

undertakings

 

£

 

 

Cost

 

At 1 January 2025

1

Additions

-

 

 

At 31 December 2025

1

 

Topco Koru Limited is the parent company of the group. The principal undertaking in which the company's interest is greater than 20% or more and therefore have been included in the consolidation are as follows:

 

Name

Country of

Proportion of voting

Nature of business

 

incorporation or

rights and ordinary

 

 

registration

share capital held

 

 

 

 

 

Bidco Koru Limited

England

100

%

Holding company

Zestia Limited

England

100

%

Software company

CapsuleCRM Inc

United States

100

%

Service company

MPZMail Limited

England

100

%

Software company

 

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

7     Debtors

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Group

 

 

Trade debtors

102,086112,790

Other debtors

45,65940,000

Prepayments and accrued income

227,596173,900

Corporation tax asset

13,50013,500

 

 

 

 

388,841340,190

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Company

 

 

Amounts owed by group undertakings

1,518,5011,406,849

 

 

 

 

1,518,5011,406,849

 

Amounts owed by group undertakings are due in less than 12 months but are not expected to be recovered within the next 12 months.

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

8     Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Group

 

 

Trade creditors

105,09767,566

Taxation and social security costs

258,691241,744

Accruals and deferred income

907,622579,970

Other creditors

2,2133,889

 

 

 

 

1,273,623893,169

 

Newlands Capital 1 LLP holds a fixed charge over all intellectual property owned by the company at any time and a floating charge covers all the property or undertaking of the company.

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Company

 

 

Amounts owed to Group undertakings

-

15,000

 

 

 

 

-

15,000

 

9     Creditors: amounts falling due after one year

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Group

 

 

Loan notes

18,527,99918,527,999

Accruals

7,695,1646,180,802

 

 

 

 

26,223,16324,708,801

 

These loan notes accrue interest at 10% per annum.

 

The company had no Creditor amounts falling due after one year at 31 December 2025 (2024 - £0).

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

10     Provisions

 

 

2025

2024

 

£

£

 

 

 

Group

 

 

Deferred Tax

-

258,527

 

 

 

 

-

258,527

 

The company had no deferred tax at 31 December 2025 (2024 - £0).

 

11     Pensions

 

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered scheme. Pension creditor on 31 December 2025 was £25,637 (2024 - £23,580).

 

12     Share Capital

 

 

£

 

 

48,976,071 A ordinary shares of £0.001 each

48,976

43,286,176 B1/B2 ordinary shares of £0.001 each

43,286

7,500,000 C ordinary shares of £0.001 each

7,500

237,753 D ordinary shares of £0.001 each

238

 

 

A1 31 December 2025

100,000

 

Ordinary shares A carry 49.2% of the total voting rights, ordinary shares B1 and B2 carry 25.39% each of the total voting right. Ordinary shares C and D carry no voting rights.

 

1,500,000 C ordinary shares of £0.001 each were issued to a Director of the company on 8th January 2025 at a nominal value of £0.00.

 

 

TOPCO KORU LIMITED

Company No. 12717398

 

13     Audit report information

 

As the statement of comprehensive income has been omitted from the filleted accounts filed with the Registrar of Companies, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

 

The auditor's report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 was unqualified.

 

The audit report was signed on 28 May 2026 by Jonathan Lowe (Senior Statutory Auditor) on behalf of RSM UK Audit LLP.

 

14     Related party disclosures

 

There were loan notes of £8,670,338 with related parties through their directorships (original shareholders) and loan notes of £9,810,039 with the investor (Newlands Capital 1 LLP). There were no new loan notes issued during the year. The full balance of all loan notes remained outstanding at the year-end. Interest of £8.70m (2024 - £7.08m) was accrued on these loan notes since issue, of which £1.0m was paid in the year. The remaining balance of £7.70m was outstanding at the year end.

 

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available in accordance with FRS102 not to disclose transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, as the company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the group which is party to the transactions.

true

 

15     Subsequent events

 

Post year end on 9th March 2026, the company completed the buy back of 1,000,000 C ordinary shares of £0.001 each owned by a director. Concurrently, 500,000 C ordinary shares of £0.001 were purchased by a director.

 

16     Ultimate controlling party

 

The ultimate parent company is Topco Koru Limited which consolidates the results of Bidco Koru Limited, Zestia Limited, MPZMail Limited and CapsuleCRM Inc. The address of the registered office for Topco Koru Limited is Level 1, 20 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1EZ.