Company
Project Alpha Topco Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Michaela Davies 2024-2025 View profile
- Paul David Smith 2021-2024 View profile
- Darren Roy Powell 2020-2021 View profile
- John Henry Taylor 2020-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 25/02/2020
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Adrian Armstrong ceased 2022-12-31
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-03-04 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Apiary Capital Partners I Investment GP LLP
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-03-17
Group
- Project Alpha Topco Limited
is controlled by Adrian Armstrong
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-03-04, ceased 2022-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Adrian Armstrong.
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- Deep Blue Sound Limited
- Martinez Investments Limited
- The British Academy of NEW Music Limited
- NEW Century Kitchen LTD
- DBS (Falmouth) LTD
- Project Alpha Midco Limited
- DBS Music UK Holdings Limited
- DBS Camborne Limited
- DBS Music Holdings Limited
- Project Alpha Bidco Limited
- Live Atom Limited
- Creative Business School Limited
- NEW Century Hall LTD
- Coaching Connexions LTD
- The Spirit of Palma Limited
- Armstrong Works Limited
- Access Education Group Limited
- DBS Bristol Limited
- Access Further Education Limited
- ONE Plus Four LTD
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Total assets
- £595,184
- Employees
- 489
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£8,612,070
Filed as Group accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
7 directors on the board
- Mark Salter Director · appointed 2020
- Adam Peter Carswell Director · appointed 2024
- Jason William Beaumont Director · appointed 2020
- Adrian Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Joseph Edmund Johnson Director · appointed 2020
- Jessica Rachel French Director · appointed 2022
- Robert Luke Simpson Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Mark Salter Director · appointed 2020
- Jason William Beaumont Director · appointed 2020
- Adrian Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Joseph Edmund Johnson Director · appointed 2020
- Robert Luke Simpson Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (7)
- Mark Salter Director · appointed 2020
- Adam Peter Carswell Director · appointed 2024
- Jason William Beaumont Director · appointed 2020
- Adrian Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Joseph Edmund Johnson Director · appointed 2020
- Jessica Rachel French Director · appointed 2022
- Robert Luke Simpson Director · appointed 2020
Left in the last 12 months
- Michaela Davies Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 12480649
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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