ALPHA MARKETING PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£37K
+202.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-1.5% vs 2023
Employees
93
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£18K
-96.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,103,082 | £27,045,259 | |
| Operating profit | £705,469 | £198,219 | |
| Profit before tax | £477,291 | £17,554 | |
| Net profit | £359,942 | £1,516 | |
| Cash | £12,349 | £37,371 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,616,280 | £1,586,593 | |
| Net assets | £1,604,862 | £1,580,059 | |
| Equity | £1,604,862 | £1,580,059 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 93 | |
| Wages | £4,225,226 | £3,724,587 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £170,483 | £136,163 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-29%
£38,103,082 £27,045,259
-
Cash
+202.6%
£12,349 £37,371
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£1,604,862 £1,580,059
-
Employees
-1.1%
94 93
-
Operating profit
-71.9%
£705,469 £198,219
-
Profit before tax
-96.3%
£477,291 £17,554
-
Wages
-11.8%
£4,225,226 £3,724,587
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.6% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 3.09x | 1.09x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Harbinson Mulholland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have once more prepared detailed profitability and cash flow projections which forecast that the business can sustain such levels of profitability for the year ended 31 December 2025, with a key focus on securing a balanced business pipeline across all of our locations, whilst maintaining the overhead costs which have been significantly consolidated over recent years. Working capital facilities for all subsidiaries continue to be provided by Alpha Marketing PLC, and it is the opinion of the Directors that based upon the projections for 2025, and in conjunction with the extension of the Group's core banking facilities in February 2025, that these facilities will provide sufficient working capital to deem as appropriate the going concern basis for the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- ALPHA MARKETING PLC · parent
- Alpha Marketing UK Limited 100%
- Alpha Marketing Scotland Limited 100%
- Go Office Furniture Limited 100%
- Alpha Furniture Ireland Limited 100%
- Alpha Office Furniture Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 Alpha delivered a number of significant infrastructure projects across a range of public and private sector organisations, whilst taking proactive steps to build key project pipelines for the future growth and development of the business in 2025 and beyond.”
- “Within the Financial Services sector Alpha completed the final phase of the largest office furniture project in the Group's 50 year history, delivering a project in Argyle Street, Glasgow across 13 Floors, 275,000 sq. ft of Grade A Office Space, and providing workstations, acoustic booth and soft furnishings solutions for 2,600 staff.”
- “Within the Education Sector projects for University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University, Maynooth University and Trinity College Dublin has seen Alpha retain its place at the forefront of innovative thinking in creating learning environments.”
- “Within the Energy Sector flagship projects have built upon long standing framework relationships which have seen Alpha provide a consistent and stable business partner to support day-to-day requirements and major infrastructure projects across GB & Ireland.”
- “And with a wider client portfolio in 2024 which has included clients within the Communications Sector, Professional Services, FMCG Sector, Automotive Sector and Public Infrastructure Alpha has a diverse range of skills and expertise to support clients and the wider economy for many years to come.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCQUILLAN, Paul | Secretary | 2012-10-17 | — | — |
| BLACK, Paul Andrew | Director | 1999-12-22 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MCQUILLAN, Paul Stanley | Director | 2011-05-09 | Nov 1975 | Irish |
| SPRAGG, Mark Richard | Director | 2025-02-26 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Robert Thomas | Secretary | 1988-12-02 | 2012-08-17 |
| BELL, Iain Robert | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2009-09-25 |
| BLACK, Robert Thomas | Director | 1988-12-02 | 2012-08-17 |
| DAVIS, Con | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2010-03-19 |
| GLAZE, Alistair John | Director | 1988-12-02 | 2000-08-01 |
| LYONS, Colin William | Director | 1988-12-02 | 2010-03-19 |
| MCCARTNEY, Terence Hugh, Dr | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2023-08-06 |
| MCNEILL, Hilary | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2010-03-19 |
| SHERIDAN, Herbert | Director | 1988-12-02 | 2008-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Marketing Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.