Compass (Alexander Associates) Ltd
Registered name: COMPASS (ALEXANDER ASSOCIATES) LTD
Compass (Alexander Associates) Ltd made £14.1m revenue and £102k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Compass (Alexander Associates) Ltd’s revenue fell 15% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £102k profit and 187 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Poole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate controlling party is held jointly between RCADA Holdings Limited and Alexander Associates Umbrella Holdings Limited, both companies incorporated in England and Wales, by virtue ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £16.6m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.9m | £16.5m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £224k | £105k | £167k |
| Operating profit | £184k | £61.3k | £128k |
| Profit before tax | £184k | £62.9k | £135k |
| Profit after tax | £149k | £48.8k | £102k |
| Profit (best available) | £149k | £48.8k | £102k |
| Staff costs | £13.9m | £15.3m | £13.2m |
| Employees (average) | 190 | 204 | 187 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £79.7k | £81.4k | £75.3k |
| Profit per employee | £782 | £239 | £545 |
| Cash conversion | — | 213.1% | −13.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼15.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.2% | ▲108.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £606k | £370k | £299k |
| Net assets | £1.3k | £1.1k | £22.4k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £389k | £350k | £315k |
| Deferred income | £420k | £273k | £302k |
| Cash from operations | — | £131k | −£17.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £545
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −13.3%
- 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
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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
- ▲2023%
- Now £22.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £299k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £302k
- 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
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £102k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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