ALPHA GRID MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£817k
-21.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£147k
+14.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
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 such, at the balance sheet date all liabilities are presented as current liabilities... prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,044,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£446,000 | -£31,000 | -£17,000 | +45.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£516,000 | -£172,000 | -£147,000 | +14.5% | |
| Net profit | -£382,000 | -£172,000 | -£147,000 | +14.5% | |
| Cash | £1,387,000 | £1,431,000 | £1,360,000 | -5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | -£817,000 | -21.9% | |
| Net assets | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | -£817,000 | -21.9% | |
| Equity | -£498,000 | -£670,000 | -£817,000 | -21.9% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £1,875,000 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £255,000 | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.8% | — | — | |
| Net margin | -7.6% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.0% | 138.7% | 153.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.72x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -6.37x | -0.22x | -0.13x |
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
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“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 such, at the balance sheet date all liabilities are presented as current liabilities... prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.”
Significant events
- “After taking the decision to transfer the trade and assets of the Company to The Financial Times Limited in 2023, the Company has continued to prepare for the potential liquidation of the residual balances within the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 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 |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLAY, Rebecca Kate | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2023-11-30 |
| POOLEY, Matthew Zenthon | Director | 2025-06-30 | 2026-09-30 |
| 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 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.