ALPHA SCHOOLS (HIGHLAND) LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-9% vs 2025
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-9.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,223,924 | £13,282,656 | £12,909,796 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,354,266 | £1,309,750 | £1,272,363 | -2.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,172,645 | £3,086,118 | £2,805,169 | -9.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,890,967 | £2,814,588 | £2,603,877 | -7.5% | |
| Cash | £15,555,599 | £16,614,427 | £16,714,045 | +0.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,196,899 | £101,027,924 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,873,111 | £12,222,066 | £11,126,349 | -9% | |
| Equity | £10,873,111 | £12,222,066 | £11,126,349 | -9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £176,157 | £182,913 | £188,738 | +3.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 9.9% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 21.9% | 21.2% | 20.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | 1.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.2% | 89.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 6.88x | 6.56x | 5.76x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | 0.21x | 0.21x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALPHA SCHOOLS (HIGHLAND) LIMITED 2005-07-29 → present
- ALPHA SCOOLS (HIGHLAND) LIMITED 2005-07-22 → 2005-07-29
- PIMCO 2318 LIMITED 2005-07-15 → 2005-07-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUITIX MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair | Director | 2025-11-23 | Jan 1982 | British |
| SMALL, Stewart William | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Lauren | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | 2025-11-01 |
| MONEY, Paul David | Secretary | 2006-12-14 | 2009-10-30 |
| RADULESCU, Daniela | Secretary | 2020-10-23 | 2023-09-01 |
| SHEPHEARD, Geoffrey Arthur George | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-12-14 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-07-15 | 2005-09-30 |
| STATE STREET SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-30 | 2014-10-31 |
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-10-24 | 2020-10-23 |
| BHUWANIA, Achal Prakash | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2021-03-05 |
| BOAGS, James | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2013-03-22 |
| BOTTRILL, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2006-07-06 |
| CHRISTIE, Rory | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2009-07-03 |
| COOPER, Phillip John | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2011-10-01 |
| FULLERTON, Robert Souter | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2009-07-07 |
| O'BRIEN, Kirsty | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2024-10-01 |
| O'GORMAN, Hannah | Director | 2010-08-19 | 2013-03-22 |
| PEARCE, Glenn Sinclair | Director | 2021-03-05 | 2025-07-01 |
| PHILIPSZ, Joseph Eugene | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2006-09-29 |
| QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2018-06-20 |
| RICHARDS, Andrew Scott | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2009-07-08 |
| ROSHIER, Angela Louise | Director | 2009-07-07 | 2010-05-13 |
| WEGENER, Elena Giorgiana | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2018-06-20 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-07-15 | 2005-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Schools (Highland) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.