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Registered number: 13185356







ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 DECEMBER 2025


HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED (Formerly known as BG TOPCO 5 LIMITED)







































 


HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
Andrew Himsley 
Donal Smith 
Mark Hine 
Raj Mukherji 
David Torbet 




Registered number
13185356



Registered office
20 St. Thomas Street

London

SE1 9RS




Independent auditors
Menzies LLP
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

4th Floor

95 Gresham Street

London

EC2V 7AB





 


HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 



CONTENTS



Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditors' report
4 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 14


 


HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Introduction
 
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Business review
 
The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show an operating loss of £133,000 (2024: £85,000). At 31 December 2025, the company had net assets of £8,371,000 (2024: £8,504,000). The directors consider the performance for the year and the financial position at the year end to be satisfactory.

Principal risks and uncertainties
 
The Company has no significant risks other than price and liquidity risk.

Financial key performance indicators
 
As a holding company, the directors do not consider the inclusion of financial key performance indicators to be necessary to assist users of the financial statements in their understanding of the financial performance or position of the Company.

Other key performance indicators
 
As stated above, the directors do not consider the inclusion of other key performance indicators to be necessary or additive.


This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.



................................................
Mark Hine
Director

Date: 28 May 2026

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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
 
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.

 In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:


∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Results and dividends

The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £133 thousand (2024 - loss £85 thousand).

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

Andrew Himsley 
Joshua Hay (resigned 1 August 2025)
Duncan Calam (resigned 1 August 2025)
Donal Smith 
Mark Hine 
Raj Mukherji 
David Torbet 

Future developments

There are no future developments relevant to the Company as a holding company.

Qualifying third-party indemnity provisions

Throughout the year Directors' and Officers' liability insurance has been maintained by the Company.

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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' report is approved has confirmed that:
 
∙so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditors are unaware, and

∙the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.

Post balance sheet events

There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.

Auditors

The auditors, Menzies LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
 





................................................
Mark Hine
Director
Date: 28 May 2026

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Helio Upper Midco Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Statement of financial position, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).


In our opinion the financial statements:


∙give a true and fair view of the state of the Company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;
∙have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
∙have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.


Basis for opinion


We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.


Conclusions relating to going concern


In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.


Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.


Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.


Other information


The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.


We have nothing to report in this regard.


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:


∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
 

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.


We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:


∙adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
∙the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
∙certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
∙we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' responsibilities statement set out on page 2, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.


In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.


Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

The Company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting
legislation. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant:

• Companies Act 2006
• FRS 102
• Tax legislation

We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.

We understood how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by, making inquiries to management, those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We corroborated our inquiries through our review of board minutes.

The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognize non-compliance with laws and regulations. The assessment did not identify any issues in this area.

We assessed the susceptibility of Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. We considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the following areas:

• Posting of unusual journal entries; and
• Management bias in accounting estimates.

Audit procedures performed by the Company engagement team included:

• Identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
• Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or
  other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process;
• Challenging assumptions and judgments made by management in its significant accounting estimates; and
• Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations


Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.


A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Use of our report
 

This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Ralph Mitchison FCA (Senior statutory auditor)
for and on behalf of
Menzies LLP
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
4th Floor
95 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7AB

28 May 2026
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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
£000
£000

  

Administrative expenses
  
(133)
(85)

Operating loss
  
(133)
(85)

Loss before tax
  
(133)
(85)

Loss for the financial year
  
(133)
(85)

There was no other comprehensive income for 2025 (2024:£NIL).

The notes on pages 11 to 14 form part of these financial statements.

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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER:13185356



STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
£000
£000

Fixed assets
  

Investments
 6 
8,276
8,276

  
8,276
8,276

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 7 
774
750

  
774
750

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 8 
(679)
(522)

Net current assets
  
 
 
95
 
 
228

Total assets less current liabilities
  
8,371
8,504

Net assets
  
8,371
8,504


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 9 
88
88

Share premium account
 10 
8,619
8,619

Profit and loss account
 10 
(336)
(203)

  
8,371
8,504


The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 



................................................
Mark Hine
Director

Date: 28 May 2026

The notes on pages 11 to 14 form part of these financial statements.

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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 



STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


Called up share capital
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£000
£000
£000
£000


At 1 January 2024
88
8,619
(118)
8,589



Loss for the year
-
-
(85)
(85)



At 1 January 2025
88
8,619
(203)
8,504



Loss for the year
-
-
(133)
(133)


At 31 December 2025
88
8,619
(336)
8,371


The notes on pages 11 to 14 form part of these financial statements.

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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1.


General information

Helio Upper Midco Limited ("the Company") is a company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. The principal place of business is shown in the Company Information page. 

On 18 July 2025, it changed its name from BG Topco 5 Limited to Helio Upper Midco Limited.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).

The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

During the year, the company adopted the revised revenue and lease accounting requirements of FRS 102.The company has applied the transition provisions permitted by the standard and has not restated
comparative information.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d).

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Helio Intelligence Holdings Limited as at 31 December 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House.

  
2.3

Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements

The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.

 
2.4

Going concern

The directors have a 3 year business plan and maintain 3 year rolling forecasts to monitor financial performance, they have carried out sensitivity analysis on the forecast model to take account of all reasonably possible scenarios. The forecasts indicate that the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors therefore believe that financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis.

 
2.5

Valuation of investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.6

Financial instruments

The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial
assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans
to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.


3.


Judgments in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

During the year there were no significant judgements in applying accounting policies or any key sources of estimation uncertainty.


4.


Auditors' remuneration

During the year, the Company obtained the following services from the Company's auditors:


2025
2024
£000
£000

Fees payable to the Company's auditors for the audit of the Company's financial statements
10
8


5.


Employees




The Company has no employees other than the directors, who did not receive any remuneration (2024 - £NIL).


6.


Fixed asset investments





Investments in subsidiary companies

£000



Cost or valuation


At 1 January 2025
8,276



At 31 December 2025
8,276




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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Direct subsidiary undertaking


The following was a direct subsidiary undertaking of the Company:

Name

Registered office

Class of shares

Holding

Helio Midco Limited
20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS
Ordinary
100%


Indirect subsidiary undertakings


The following were indirect subsidiary undertakings of the Company:

Name

Registered office

Class of shares

Holding

Helio Lower Midco Limited
20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS
Ordinary
100%
Helio Intelligence Group Limited
20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS
Ordinary
100%
De Havilland Information Services Limited
20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS
Ordinary
100%
Forefront Advisers Limited
20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS
Ordinary
100%
OPP Group SRL
Rue du Commerce 31,1000 Brussels, Belgium
Ordinary
100%
Newsdirect (UK) Ltd
Level 5, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 8RY
Ordinary
100%
Newsdirect (Wales) Ltd
5 New Street Square, London, England, EC4A 3TW
B Ordinary
100%


7.


Debtors

2025
2024
£000
£000


Amounts owed by group undertakings
774
750

774
750


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HELIO UPPER MIDCO LIMITED
 


 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

8.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£000
£000

Amounts owed to group undertakings
631
488

Accruals and deferred income
48
34

679
522



9.


Share capital

2025
2024
£
£
Allotted, called up and fully paid



8,847,100 (2024 - 8,847,100) Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
88,471
88,471



10.


Reserves

Share premium account

This reserve records the amount above the nominal value received for shares sold, less transaction costs.

Profit and loss account

This reserve records retained earnings and accumulated losses.


11.


Commitments and contingencies

The Group has a facility of £23.7 million and a revolving facilities agreement of £0.5 million. Group companies are guarantors to the Facilities Agreement. 


12.


Controlling party

The immediate and ultimate parent of the company is Helio Intelligence Holdings Limited. The largest and smallest group that prepares a consolidation is Helio Intelligence Holdings Limited. This consolidation can be obtained from the registered office of Helio Intelligence Holdings Limited which is 20 St. Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS.

 
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