ALTERA HEALTHCARE (IT) UK LTD
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Cash
£1.5m
-63% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£7.1m
+38.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
73
+12.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
+2,391.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,272,000 | £16,701,000 | £18,512,000 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £4,836,000 | £381,000 | £5,283,000 | +1,286.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,355,000 | -£205,000 | £4,697,000 | +2,391.2% | |
| Net profit | £4,355,000 | -£205,000 | £4,471,000 | +2,281% | |
| Cash | £2,245,000 | £4,000,000 | £1,481,000 | -63% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,520,000 | £8,443,000 | £14,177,000 | +67.9% | |
| Net assets | -£11,320,000 | -£11,525,000 | -£7,054,000 | +38.8% | |
| Equity | -£11,320,000 | -£11,525,000 | -£7,054,000 | +38.8% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 65 | 73 | +12.3% | |
| Wages | £5,099,000 | £5,387,000 | £5,618,000 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.0% | 2.3% | 28.5% | |
| Net margin | 25.2% | -1.2% | 24.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 64.3% | 4.5% | 37.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 179.2% | 174.0% | 132.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 2.16x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | 8.25x | 0.65x | 9.02x |
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
- ALTERA HEALTHCARE (IT) UK LTD 2023-06-07 → present
- ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE (IT) UK LTD 2011-03-30 → 2023-06-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. At the balance sheet date its liabilities exceeded its assets by £7,054k (2024 - £11,525k).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENDER, Jeffrey, Mr. | Director | 2022-05-02 | May 1969 | Canadian |
| RICHARDSON, Todd, Mr. | Director | 2022-05-02 | Sep 1970 | Canadian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, Eric Lee | Secretary | 2018-04-20 | 2022-05-02 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-03-28 | 2023-04-05 |
| BLACK, Paul | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2013-04-15 |
| DAVIS, William | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2012-05-18 |
| OLIS, Dennis | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| POULTON, Richard James | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2022-05-02 |
| POULTON, Richard | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2016-12-31 |
| SHAPIRO, Lee | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2013-02-07 |
| WHITTINGTON, Melinda Dawn | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2017-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation Software Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-06-14 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-14 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.