ALAMY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+14.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£25M
+26.9% vs 2023
Employees
86
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+6.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALAMY LIMITED 2002-11-04 → present
- ALAMY.COM LIMITED 1999-10-29 → 2002-11-04
- PRACTON COMPUTING LIMITED 1999-07-15 → 1999-10-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,623,000 | £33,856,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,590,000 | £4,843,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,212,000 | £5,539,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,003,000 | £5,399,000 | |
| Cash | £7,143,000 | £8,199,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,436,000 | £25,792,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,081,000 | £25,480,000 | |
| Equity | £20,081,000 | £25,480,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 86 | |
| Wages | £4,750,000 | £4,606,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.5% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.32x | 3.78x | |
| Interest cover | 510.00x | 1210.75x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has performed financial modelling, including applying sensitivities and stress testing various scenarios, which show that the Company continues to be cash positive as a result of its diversified businesses and core subscription model. The directors take confidence from the Company and wider group's strong cash flow position through 2024 and post year end, that the Company is able to effectively manage and mitigate these risks over the long term.”
Group structure
- ALAMY LIMITED · parent
- Alamy Images India Private Limited 100%
- Alamy Inc. 100%
- Alamy Australia PTY Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGLEY, Ranj | Director | 2025-06-26 | Sep 1972 | British |
| IRWIN, Louise Jane | Director | 2024-10-28 | Sep 1979 | British |
| MARSON, Bruce Charles | Director | 2025-06-26 | Aug 1969 | British |
| SHELLEY, Emily Jane Anne | Director | 2022-03-02 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Kenneth Williams | Secretary | 1999-10-25 | 2000-10-19 |
| SCHILIZZI, John Stephen | Secretary | 2000-10-19 | 2022-03-17 |
| BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-15 | 1999-10-25 |
| DEAN, Thomas William | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| DOWSETT, Andrew John | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2024-07-12 |
| FISCHER, Michael David | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2020-02-06 |
| GOODE, James Richard | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2024-10-28 |
| HARDING, Andrew Michael | Director | 2017-12-02 | 2018-08-13 |
| HART, Monica | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2005-01-14 |
| MARSHALL, Clive Paul | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2024-04-02 |
| PEARSON, Timothy Robert | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2020-02-06 |
| WEST, James Lee | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2021-02-06 |
| NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-07-15 | 1999-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Press Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-06 | Active |
| Michael David Fischer | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-2.2%
£34,623,000 £33,856,000
-
Cash
+14.8%
£7,143,000 £8,199,000
-
Net assets
+26.9%
£20,081,000 £25,480,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
85 86
-
Operating profit
+5.5%
£4,590,000 £4,843,000
-
Profit before tax
+6.3%
£5,212,000 £5,539,000
-
Wages
-3%
£4,750,000 £4,606,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers