ALFRED PRICE & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-34.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-18.8% vs 2023
Employees
31
-24.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-91.4% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £29,906,397 | £22,712,548 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£543,556 | -£1,041,760 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£535,076 | -£1,023,993 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£535,076 | -£746,993 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,748,915 | £1,141,615 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £4,035,275 | £3,288,282 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,981,275 | £3,234,282 | |
| Equity | £6,570,757 | £6,631,206 | — | — | — | £3,981,275 | £3,234,282 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 31 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,452,010 | £1,212,190 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.8% | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.8% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -13.5% | -31.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 44.6% | 45.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.90x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -205.43x | -393.71x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As referred to in the Strategic Report, the company has continued to trade through the current economic climate and the directors having taken the appropriate operational changes to enable this. The company continues to have significant levels of cash resources. The directors have prepared financial forecasts for the current and following financial year and have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, therefore they continue to adopt the going concem basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following the repositioning of the business with regards to reduced trading levels Management made the decision to put the building up for sale. The building has now sold and the business is in the process of moving to new serviced premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Elaine Ann | Secretary | 2012-04-01 | — | — |
| GUERRERO, Marcus Manuel | Director | 2012-09-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MCCAUGHREAN, Philip Alexander | Director | 2007-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| PRICE, David Anthony | Director | — | Jun 1940 | British |
| PRICE, Simon Charles | Director | 1998-09-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Michael David | Secretary | — | 2012-04-01 |
| DOMINGO, Vicente | Director | — | 2005-08-31 |
| MATHESON, Alan | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2016-04-06 |
| MAXWELL, Andrew | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| PARK, Leonard Robert | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| STEIN, Stephen Henry | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2018-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Charles Price | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-08-30 | Active |
| Mr David Anthony Price | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Da Price 1997 Discretionary Settlement Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-24.1%
£29,906,397 £22,712,548
-
Cash
-34.7%
£1,748,915 £1,141,615
-
Net assets
-18.8%
£3,981,275 £3,234,282
-
Employees
-24.4%
41 31
-
Operating profit
-91.7%
-£543,556 -£1,041,760
-
Profit before tax
-91.4%
-£535,076 -£1,023,993
-
Wages
-16.5%
£1,452,010 £1,212,190
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers