ALPHA SCHOOLS (WEST LOTHIAN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+13.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£10M
-8.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
-27.3% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,085,842 | £4,903,799 | £5,532,595 | |
| Operating profit | — | £814,955 | £666,475 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,136,947 | -£873,030 | -£1,111,112 | |
| Net profit | -£1,068,522 | -£870,488 | -£1,053,119 | |
| Cash | £7,221,144 | £8,306,704 | £9,432,191 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£8,367,574 | -£9,283,535 | -£10,078,400 | |
| Equity | -£8,367,574 | -£9,283,535 | -£10,078,400 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
+12.8%
£4,903,799 £5,532,595
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+13.5%
£8,306,704 £9,432,191
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-8.6%
-£9,283,535 -£10,078,400
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-18.2%
£814,955 £666,475
-
Profit before tax
-27.3%
-£873,030 -£1,111,112
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.6% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | -26.2% | -17.8% | -19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 141.6% | 146.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.28x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.26x | 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 1 time since incorporation
- ALPHA SCHOOLS (WEST LOTHIAN) LIMITED 2001-06-06 → present
- PACIFIC SHELF 1005 LIMITED 2000-11-15 → 2001-06-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis for the reasons set out in the Accounting Policies. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-12-20 | — | — |
| CAVILL, John Ivor | Director | 2016-01-25 | Oct 1972 | British |
| DIX, Carl Harvey | Director | 2023-01-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Jacqueline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-06-28 | 2002-05-17 |
| GILLEN, Seamus Joseph | Secretary | 2002-05-17 | 2002-08-19 |
| SHEPHEARD, Geoffrey Arthur George | Secretary | 2004-08-23 | 2006-12-20 |
| TURNER, David Charles | Secretary | 2002-08-19 | 2006-02-24 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-11-15 | 2001-06-28 |
| BREMNER, Alexander George | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2011-01-26 |
| CAVILL, John Ivor | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2012-04-02 |
| CHRISTIE, Rory | Director | 2001-06-28 | 2004-07-23 |
| FULLERTON, Robert Souter | Director | 2001-06-28 | 2003-11-01 |
| GILMOUR, David Fulton | Director | 2011-03-04 | 2021-12-02 |
| HOPE, John Alexander | Director | 2006-05-11 | 2006-12-20 |
| HOPE, John Alexander | Director | 2001-06-28 | 2004-04-08 |
| MCDONAGH, John | Director | 2006-03-13 | 2009-03-19 |
| POPE, Anthony | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2006-05-11 |
| PRIME, Roderick Mark | Director | 2006-05-11 | 2006-12-20 |
| RICHARDS, Andrew Scott | Director | 2004-08-03 | 2006-05-11 |
| RITCHIE, Alan Campbell | Director | 2007-01-29 | 2009-10-14 |
| RYAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2001-06-28 | 2009-03-19 |
| SAHEB-ZADHA, Faraidon | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2011-03-04 |
| SCOTT-BARRETT, Nicholas Huson | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2006-03-13 |
| WARBURTON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2004-06-25 |
| WRINN, John | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2023-01-31 |
| BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-03-04 | 2016-01-25 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-15 | 2001-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Schools (West Lothian) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ranelagh Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.