Alternative Bridging (UK 1) Limited
Registered name: ALTERNATIVE BRIDGING (UK 1) LIMITED
Part of Southern Group Limited groupAlternative Bridging (UK 1) Limited made £12.6m revenue and £627k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Alternative Bridging (UK 1) Limited’s revenue fell 40% to £12.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £627k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £19.9m | £20.8m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £16.1m | £17.5m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.8m | £3.3m | £659k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £3.8m | £3.3m | £630k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £627k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £627k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15% | 17.3% | 15.4% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 19.2% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £5.2m | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £803k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲80.8% | ▲4.7% | ▼39.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲109% | ▼6.6% | ▼80.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.3m | £10.4m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.5m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £115m | £169m | £105m | £93m |
| Debtors | £92.2m | £125m | £70.1m | £43.8m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £45.5k | £65.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 348%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £7.6m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £65.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Southern Group Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Alternative Bridging Corporation Limited75–100%
- Alternative Bridging (UK 1) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Property Finance Capital (No 2) LimitedRev. £7.2m · Profit £0
- Alternative Development Finance LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£1.9m
- Alternative Bridging (Management) LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £288k
- Property Finance Nominees (NO.3) LimitedRev. £934k · Profit £0
- Property Finance Capital LimitedRev. £925k · Profit £0
- Alternative Bridging Corporation (Cheval) LimitedRev. £483k · Profit £20.6k
- Alternative Bridging (UK 2) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£355k
- Property Finance Capital (No 3) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £192k
- Alternative Commercial Mortgages LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £627k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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