BWS ALPHA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
Cash
£797K
-32.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-42.4% vs 2023
Employees
304
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
+23.3% 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
We draw attention to the going concern paragraph in note 4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net loss of €5,106,371 during the year ended 30 September 2024 and, as of that date, the group's current liabilities exceeded its total current assets by €.9 228 088 As stated in this paragraph, these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,190,155 | £23,961,941 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,015,331 | -£3,622,288 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,717,764 | -£4,384,730 | |
| Net profit | -£5,812,591 | -£4,426,466 | |
| Cash | £1,173,958 | £797,495 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,560,961 | £24,010,795 | |
| Net assets | £8,672,547 | £4,996,858 | |
| Equity | £8,672,547 | £4,996,858 | |
| Average employees | 320 | 304 | |
| Wages | £7,642,934 | £7,619,165 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.9% | -15.1% | |
| Net margin | -23.1% | -18.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.0% | -15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.4% | 85.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -5.80x | -3.81x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to the going concern paragraph in note 4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net loss of €5,106,371 during the year ended 30 September 2024 and, as of that date, the group's current liabilities exceeded its total current assets by €.9 228 088 As stated in this paragraph, these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BWS ALPHA LIMITED · parent
- Big Holding Group Limited 100%
- Big Holding SAS 86.47%
- Big Groupe SAS 86.47%
- Big Fernand SA 86.47%
- Kensington Rebirth Limited 86.47%
Significant events
- “The Company's activity during the 2023-2024 fiscal year was marked by: A recovery in restaurant attendance in city-centers, closure and sale of underperforming restaurants, diversified product offerings, new electrical energy supply contract, implementation of table service project, new franchise agreement, and use of new technology (Flynt) to optimize delivery platform strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVELAY, Mathieu Louis Jacques | Director | 2017-04-11 | May 1985 | French |
| DI SPIEZIO SARDO, Emilio | Director | 2017-04-21 | Mar 1977 | Italian |
| JONES, Nicholas Roger John | Director | 2023-07-10 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANATRIELLO, Marco | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2020-07-22 |
| CAPELLO, Marco | Director | 2017-04-11 | 2020-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegem Ii Gp Lp | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-06-26 | Active |
| Bluegem Ii General Partner Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-11 | Ceased 2017-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-4.9%
£25,190,155 £23,961,941
-
Cash
-32.1%
£1,173,958 £797,495
-
Net assets
-42.4%
£8,672,547 £4,996,858
-
Employees
-5%
320 304
-
Operating profit
+27.8%
-£5,015,331 -£3,622,288
-
Profit before tax
+23.3%
-£5,717,764 -£4,384,730
-
Wages
-0.3%
£7,642,934 £7,619,165
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