ALPHA GRID MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+3.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£670K
-34.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£172K
+66.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
During 2024 the Company recorded a loss, and at the balance sheet date was in a net liabilities position. The directors of the Company plan to continue winding up any residual matters before deciding whether to make the Company dormant or to liquidate the Company. As a result, a letter of financial support has been received from a parent company which commits to support the Company for at least one year beyond the date these financial statements are signed. This will allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due while the residual activities are wound up. As such, at the balance sheet date all liabilities are presented as current liabilities, and the directors expect any residual amounts to crystalise over the course of 2025. All assets have been presented at their recoverable amount. There were no adjustments to the financial statements as a result of preparing on a basis other than that of a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,044,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£446,000 | -£31,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£516,000 | -£172,000 | |
| Net profit | -£382,000 | -£172,000 | |
| Cash | £1,387,000 | £1,431,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Net assets | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Equity | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Average employees | 33 | — | |
| Wages | £1,875,000 | — |
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 | -8.8% | — | |
| Net margin | -7.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 89.6% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -6.37x | -0.22x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“During 2024 the Company recorded a loss, and at the balance sheet date was in a net liabilities position. The directors of the Company plan to continue winding up any residual matters before deciding whether to make the Company dormant or to liquidate the Company. As a result, a letter of financial support has been received from a parent company which commits to support the Company for at least one year beyond the date these financial statements are signed. This will allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due while the residual activities are wound up. As such, at the balance sheet date all liabilities are presented as current liabilities, and the directors expect any residual amounts to crystalise over the course of 2025. All assets have been presented at their recoverable amount. There were no adjustments to the financial statements as a result of preparing on a basis other than that of a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The company ceased its trade and operations in the previous year. During 2024 the Company recorded a loss, and at the balance sheet date was in a net liabilities position. The directors of the Company plan to continue winding up any residual matters before deciding whether to make the Company dormant or to liquidate the Company.”
- “When the Company's trade and assets transferred to The Financial Times Limited on 30 November 2023, all employees of the Company had their contracts of employment transferred to The Financial Times Limited at the same time.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGNEW, Mark | Secretary | 2016-11-14 | — | — |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2016-07-11 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Sophie Warren | Director | 2016-06-10 | May 1982 | British |
| POOLEY, Matthew Zenthon | Director | 2025-06-30 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLAY, Rebecca Kate | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2023-11-30 |
| ROSSI, Luca | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2018-07-25 |
| SHAW, Roslyn Junita | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2022-03-31 |
| SLADE, Jonathan David Chalmers | Director | 2016-06-10 | 2025-06-30 |
| STRATHEARN, Daniel Mark | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2020-12-09 |
| WILKINS, Corinne Marie | Director | 2020-04-17 | 2021-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Times Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-10 | Active |
| Ms Roslyn Junita Shaw | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-10 | Ceased 2020-03-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+3.2%
£1,387,000 £1,431,000
-
Net assets
-34.5%
-£498,000 -£670,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+93%
-£446,000 -£31,000
-
Profit before tax
+66.7%
-£516,000 -£172,000
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