Zinc Group Topco Limited
Registered name: ZINC GROUP TOPCO LIMITED
Part of NVM GP LLP groupZinc Group Topco Limited made £32.6m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Zinc Group Topco Limited’s revenue grew 134% to £32.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 111 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £32.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.7m | −£22.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £316k | −£148k |
| Profit before tax | −£473k | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£770k | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£770k | −£1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 111 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −5.5% | −5.7% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £294k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.2k | −£16.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲134.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £294k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.8k
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NVM GP LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Zinc Group Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Zinc Group Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Project Ignition Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Techcon Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£19.6k
- Vel Group Topco LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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