ALFA COACHES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-17 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£39K
-80.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+23.9% vs 2023
Employees
130
+8.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£5M
+13.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,755,004 | — | £13,686,233 | £15,621,198 | £18,046,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,337,721 | — | £3,340,007 | £4,394,812 | £5,007,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,210,398 | — | £2,881,093 | £4,173,271 | £4,730,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,595,079 | — | £2,370,035 | £3,170,465 | £3,577,000 | |
| Cash | — | £246,752 | — | £24,403 | £196,114 | £39,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,040,423 | — | £9,405,887 | £6,987,175 | £8,387,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,910,937 | — | £6,280,972 | £3,451,437 | £4,278,000 | |
| Equity | £3,315,858 | £3,910,937 | £3,910,937 | £6,280,972 | £3,451,437 | £4,278,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 103 | — | 111 | 120 | 130 | |
| Wages | — | £2,173,598 | — | £2,591,656 | £3,071,623 | £3,385,000 |
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 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 24.0% | — | 24.4% | 28.1% | 27.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 16.4% | — | 17.3% | 20.3% | 19.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 38.7% | — | 35.5% | 62.9% | 59.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 64.7% | 62.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.75x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | 18.36x | — | 7.28x | 19.80x | 18.08x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue and therefore the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “The business agreed new banking facilities in April 2024 and remains in compliance with agreed banking covenants.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Secretary | 2022-05-01 | — | — |
| HOWARD, David | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Director | 2022-01-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Director | 2015-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD, Ian Frank | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2022-05-01 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2015-07-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Secretary | 1996-01-12 | 2015-07-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-01-12 | 1996-01-12 |
| BLUNDELL, Andrew Lewis | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2016-09-02 |
| BROWN, Caroline Louise | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2022-02-24 |
| BULL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2022-06-30 |
| FORD, Stephen John | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-05-15 |
| HERBERT, Matthew | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2022-08-05 |
| LORD, Ian Frank | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| MAGUIRE, Lucia Danielle | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Paul Henry | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2017-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2015-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa Leisureplex Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Alfa Leisureplex Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Alfa Travel Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+15.5%
£15,621,198 £18,046,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-80.1%
£196,114 £39,000
-
Net assets
+23.9%
£3,451,437 £4,278,000
-
Employees
+8.3%
120 130
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+13.9%
£4,394,812 £5,007,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+13.3%
£4,173,271 £4,730,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+10.2%
£3,071,623 £3,385,000
highest in 4 filed years
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