Alpa Group Limited
Registered name: ALPA GROUP LIMITED
Part of Dcc Public Limited Company groupAlpa Group Limited made £80.6m revenue and £8.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Alpa Group Limited’s revenue grew 103% to £80.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £8.2m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £39.7m | £80.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £25.8m | £62.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £13.8m | £17.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £9.4m | £10.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £9.5m | £11m |
| Profit after tax | — | £7.6m | £8.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £7.6m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 19.1% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.9% | 22% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲103.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £566k | £949 | £851 |
| Net assets | £1m | £683k | £631k |
| Fixed assets | — | £1k | £1k |
| Current assets | £676k | £741k | £639k |
| Debtors | £110k | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- 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
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £631k
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £851
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dcc Public Limited Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- DCC Limited75–100%
- DCC Energy UK Limited75–100%
- Energy Acquisitions UK Limited75–100%
- Certas Energy UK Limited75–100%
- Alpa Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Next Energy Solutions LtdRev. £70.1m · Profit £8.9m
Sister companies (49)
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- Dev Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- F. Peart & Co. LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ge Stevens LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Hyperdrive Lubricants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jackson Fuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £8.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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