ALDER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+3.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+10.6% vs 2024
Employees
26
+8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£868K
+42.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALDER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1987-09-23 → present
- ALDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1987-09-23
- RAVINEER LIMITED 1977-05-05 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,675,095 | £6,269,501 | |
| Operating profit | £347,848 | £554,875 | |
| Profit before tax | £610,732 | £867,626 | |
| Net profit | £444,671 | £650,811 | |
| Cash | £4,059,863 | £4,192,068 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,533,452 | £6,117,267 | |
| Equity | £5,533,452 | £6,117,267 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 26 | |
| Wages | £3,195,468 | £3,364,298 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 10.4% | |
| Current ratio | 7.21x | 6.95x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- ALDER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Alder Investment Management Limited 100%
- Trust Management (Alderney) Limited 50%
- Alder Nominees Limited 100%
- Thewealthworks Limited 1%
Significant events
- “During 2025, the group also completed the strategic acquisition of a non-controlling 50% stake in Trust Management (Alderney) Limited ('TMA').”
- “Costs continued to be well controlled, helped significantly by the group's relocation to Carey Lane during the second half of 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, Alison Mcwalter | Secretary | 2016-07-27 | — | — |
| BARNES, Lucy Alannah Rosemary | Director | 2025-03-31 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BRADFORD, James David Wyatt | Director | 2021-08-23 | Sep 1977 | British |
| MAXWELL, Andrea | Director | 2022-02-07 | Oct 1965 | British |
| SHAPLEY, Mark David Richard | Director | 2010-07-09 | Aug 1967 | British |
| SILLS, Angela Florence | Director | 2022-05-06 | Dec 1956 | British |
| SYKES, Andrew Francis | Director | 2024-02-07 | Jul 1957 | British |
| VESTEY, Arthur George, The Hon | Director | 2016-08-19 | Jul 1985 | British |
| VESTEY, George Moubray William | Director | 2006-02-10 | Sep 1964 | British |
| VESTEY, Joanna Claire | Director | 2020-02-05 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTLETHWAITE, Richard Thomas Andrew | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2016-07-27 |
| WELLS, Geoffrey Brian Thomas | Secretary | — | 2004-03-31 |
| BROUGHAM, Christopher John | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2020-05-07 |
| HANCOX, John Philip Dale | Director | — | 2012-10-08 |
| HENDERSON, Robert David Charles | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2024-02-07 |
| HILLS, Thomas Edmund | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2024-11-05 |
| INGLIS, Robert Sinclair | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| MACGREGOR, Donald George Rhynas | Director | — | 2010-10-08 |
| MCCULLOCH, Ian Murray | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| POSTLETHWAITE, Richard Thomas Andrew | Director | 2002-01-22 | 2021-08-20 |
| SCRASE, Gordon Henry | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| VERNEY, Edmund Ralph, Sir | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2020-05-07 |
| VESTEY, Edmund Hoyle | Director | — | 2007-11-23 |
| VESTEY, Samuel George Armstrong, Lord | Director | — | 2021-02-04 |
| WARE, Francis John | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Davey Gordon Le Marquand | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-08-23 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Seymour Eades | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-23 |
| Mr Carl Hermann Konrad Friedlaender | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Russell Clark | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+10.5%
£5,675,095 £6,269,501
-
Cash
+3.3%
£4,059,863 £4,192,068
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£5,533,452 £6,117,267
-
Employees
+8.3%
24 26
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Operating profit
+59.5%
£347,848 £554,875
-
Profit before tax
+42.1%
£610,732 £867,626
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Wages
+5.3%
£3,195,468 £3,364,298
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