ALPHA SCHOOLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£776k
-77.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
-20.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
435
+8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.6m
-38.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,860,771 | £15,213,570 | £15,580,937 | +2.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,696,788 | £3,273,092 | £272,368 | -91.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,781,743 | -£1,905,632 | -£2,646,586 | -38.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,781,743 | -£1,905,632 | -£2,646,586 | -38.9% | |
| Cash | — | £3,442,888 | £776,263 | -77.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,282,770 | £38,053,801 | £29,004,628 | -23.8% | |
| Net assets | £18,168,302 | £15,742,670 | £12,476,084 | -20.7% | |
| Equity | £18,168,302 | £15,742,670 | £12,476,084 | -20.7% | |
| Average employees | 435 | 400 | 435 | +8.8% | |
| Wages | £14,762,407 | £10,685,721 | £9,056,147 | -15.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £169,500 | £80,000 | £80,000 | 0% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.4% | 21.5% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -7.8% | -12.5% | -17.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.0% | 8.6% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.8% | 65.5% | 68.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.71x | 3.00x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | -19.97x | 1.34x | 0.09x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ALPHA SCHOOLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2011-08-03 → present
- IVERE LIMITED 2010-09-29 → 2011-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Affinia (Crawley)
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Management have hopes that the group will return to a profitable state in the future and therefore the Directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ALPHA SCHOOLS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- AS Northern Limited 100%
- Abbotsford Preparatory School Limited 100%
- The Chadderton Independent Grammar School Limited 100%
- Wickham Court School Limited 100%
- Wellesley Haddon Dene School Limited 100%
- Moor Allerton Preparatory School 100%
- Lady Lane Park School Limited 100%
- St Martins Preparatory School Limited 100%
- Clevelands Prep School Limited 100%
- The Saints Schools Limited 100%
- Wellesley House School Limited 100%
- Wycombe Preparatory School Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSS, Paul Matthew | Secretary | 2013-01-24 | — | — |
| BUSS, Paul Matthew | Director | 2015-07-24 | Aug 1979 | British |
| KHAN, Ali | Director | 2011-06-16 | Mar 1965 | British |
| STATTERSFIELD, Robin John | Director | 2016-01-22 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Ali | Secretary | 2011-06-16 | 2013-01-24 |
| LAVERY, Siobham Joan | Secretary | 2010-09-29 | 2011-06-16 |
| CLARKE, Pierre | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2011-06-16 |
| ROBERTSON, Martin Gordon | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2015-08-17 |
| STINTON, Nicholas Michael | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2013-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-27 | Active |
| Mr Ali Khan | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-08-17 | Ceased 2023-10-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.