Alternative Planning Company Limited
Registered name: ALTERNATIVE PLANNING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of MV Star General Partner Limited groupAlternative Planning Company Limited made £2.7m revenue and £988k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Alternative Planning Company Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £2.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £988k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £705k | £802k | £978k |
| Profit before tax | £705k | £808k | £988k |
| Profit after tax | £705k | £808k | £988k |
| Profit (best available) | £705k | £808k | £988k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 38.6% | 37.1% | 36.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £203k | £198k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £78.3k | £73.5k | £65.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲25% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▲22.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 36.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £65.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲36%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MV Star General Partner Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- FP Bidco Limited75–100%
- FP Equityco Limited75–100%
- Funeral Partners Topco Limited75–100%
- Funeral Partners Midco Limited75–100%
- Funeral Partners Holdco Limited75–100%
- Funeral Partners Bidco Limited75–100%
- FSP Holdco Limited75–100%
- FSP Acquisition Limited75–100%
- Funeral Services Partnership Limited75–100%
- Alternative Planning Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- F S P Employee Benefit Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Funeral Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hemming and Peace LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lockerley Stone & Masonry LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £988k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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