PROJECT ALPHA BIDCO I LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£649K
Equity attributable
Employees
87
Average over period
Profit before tax
£376K
Period ending 2024-12-31
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.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,581,867 | |
| Operating profit | £1,023,778 | |
| Profit before tax | £376,274 | |
| Net profit | -£111,887 | |
| Cash | £2,545,796 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,313,135 | |
| Net assets | £649,123 | |
| Equity | £649,123 | |
| Average employees | 87 | |
| Wages | £5,409,507 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 1.58x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The forecasts, including cash flow forecasts, are produced for the 2 year period to 31st December 2026. Monthly management accounts are produced and these are tracked and approved by the board. These forecasts show that the group has sufficient cash and headroom to support its activities for the going concern period.”
Group structure
- PROJECT ALPHA BIDCO I LIMITED · parent
- Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The goodwill relates to the acquisition of Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Limited which was completed on 30th November 2023”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, David | Director | 2023-08-24 | Oct 1970 | British |
| FRAINE, Thomas Conran | Director | 2023-08-18 | Apr 1992 | British |
| JEFFERSON, Paul | Director | 2023-11-30 | Dec 1968 | British |
| STEVENSON, Kate | Director | 2023-08-24 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-31 | 2023-08-21 |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2023-08-21 |
| GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-07-31 | 2023-08-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asf Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-02-27 | Active |
| Project Alpha Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-21 | Ceased 2026-02-27 |
| Gateley Incorporations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-31 | Ceased 2023-08-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-29 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-01-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one