ALPHA LABORATORIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
Cash
£24M
+21.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
71
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+526.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,356,168 | £26,595,605 | |
| Operating profit | — | £437,549 | £3,613,581 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £704,577 | £4,414,818 | |
| Net profit | — | £522,172 | £3,290,699 | |
| Cash | — | £19,797,952 | £24,053,063 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £26,364,581 | £29,011,548 | |
| Net assets | — | £26,224,933 | £28,887,514 | |
| Equity | — | £26,224,933 | £28,887,514 | |
| Average employees | — | 71 | 71 | |
| Wages | — | £3,168,869 | £3,967,837 |
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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.3% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.7% | 12.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.7% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 8.29x | 6.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | 75.87x | 8442.95x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of authorisation of the financial statements. They are satisfied that no material uncertainties exist and that the Company remains a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Company has now stabilised post-COVID. Although this transition has led to a decline in profitability, management considers the current performance level to be sustainable and satisfactory.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOELBERG, Peter Bo | Director | 2025-07-07 | May 1970 | Danish |
| WALKER, Philip Michael | Director | 2025-07-07 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILES, Ann | Secretary | 2022-11-04 | 2025-07-07 |
| GILES, Anne Marie | Secretary | — | 2025-07-07 |
| GILES, Ann | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2025-07-07 |
| GILES, Anne Marie | Director | — | 2025-07-07 |
| GILES, David | Director | — | 2018-05-09 |
| GILES, Nathan Scott | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2025-07-07 |
| GILES, Talia Louise | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2025-07-07 |
| ROACH, William John | Director | 1991-09-09 | 1997-09-30 |
| VINT, Robert Gary | Director | 2021-04-26 | 2025-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diploma Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-07 | Active |
| Ms Talia Louise Giles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-18 | Ceased 2025-07-07 |
| Nathan Scott Giles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-18 | Ceased 2025-07-07 |
| Mrs Anne Marie Giles | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2019-01-16 | Ceased 2024-12-18 |
| Mrs Anne Marie Giles | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 7
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+37.4%
£19,356,168 £26,595,605
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Cash
+21.5%
£19,797,952 £24,053,063
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Net assets
+10.2%
£26,224,933 £28,887,514
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Employees
0%
71 71
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Operating profit
+725.9%
£437,549 £3,613,581
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Profit before tax
+526.6%
£704,577 £4,414,818
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Wages
+25.2%
£3,168,869 £3,967,837
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