ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC
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Cash
£26M
+28.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£58M
+12.2% vs 2024
Employees
516
+11% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£40M
+17.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £102,000,000 | £109,900,000 | £126,700,000 | +15.3% | |
| Operating profit | £30,100,000 | £34,300,000 | £40,100,000 | +16.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £30,000,000 | £34,100,000 | £40,100,000 | +17.6% | |
| Net profit | £23,900,000 | £25,600,000 | £30,100,000 | +17.6% | |
| Cash | £21,800,000 | £20,500,000 | £26,400,000 | +28.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,400,000 | £69,400,000 | £70,700,000 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £70,400,000 | £51,700,000 | £58,000,000 | +12.2% | |
| Equity | £70,400,000 | £51,700,000 | £58,000,000 | +12.2% | |
| Average employees | 462 | 465 | 516 | +11% | |
| Wages | £31,300,000 | £50,100,000 | £55,400,000 | +10.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,040,000 | £2,300,000 | £2,500,000 | +8.7% |
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 | 29.5% | 31.2% | 31.6% | |
| Net margin | 23.4% | 23.3% | 23.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.8% | 49.4% | 56.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.7% | 46.6% | 41.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 1.96x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 75.25x | 42.88x | 57.29x |
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
- ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC 2017-05-04 → present
- ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2017-04-06 → 2017-05-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The Group continues to be cash generative, meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash reserves generated from operating activities and has shown consistent and strong performance. The directors have reviewed cash flow projections for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of these financial statements and have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient cash reserves to continue to operate and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- Alfa Financial Software Group Limited 100%
- Alfa Financial Software Holdings Limited 100%
- Alfa Financial Software (US) Inc 100%
- Alfa Financial Software (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Alfa Financial Software NZ Limited 100%
- Alfa Financial Software GmbH 100%
- Alfa Financial Software (Canada) Inc 100%
- Alfa Financial Software (India) Private Limited 100%
- Alfa AJ Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Alfa's 2025 marketing campaign: The SaaS Chronicles”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAULFIELD, Charlotte | Secretary | 2020-03-23 | — | — |
| BREACH, Stephen Derrick | Director | 2019-08-09 | Feb 1969 | British |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Adrian | Director | 2020-04-24 | May 1957 | British |
| DE METZ, Charlotte Marie | Director | 2020-04-24 | Mar 1980 | British |
| GEORGE, Peter | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| MAGRATH, Duncan Jonathan | Director | 2020-04-24 | May 1964 | British |
| PAGE, Andrew Neville | Director | 2017-05-04 | Mar 1963 | British |
| RAICHURA, Reena | Director | 2024-06-03 | May 1976 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2019-07-18 | May 1957 | British |
| WHITE, Matthew Paul | Director | 2019-10-09 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAZELAND COMPANY SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-26 | 2020-03-23 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-05-04 | 2019-09-26 |
| DENTON, Andrew Warren | Director | 2017-04-06 | 2017-04-06 |
| LONGDON, Richard | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2019-04-26 |
| MACLACHLAN, Vivienne Katherine | Director | 2017-05-04 | 2019-04-26 |
| SLATFORD, Karen | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2019-09-26 |
| STEAD, David Anthony | Director | 2019-08-20 | 2019-12-06 |
| TAYLOR, Robin Francis | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2019-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chp Software And Consulting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-08-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-07-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-07-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-07-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-06-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-06-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-06-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.