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ALPHA EXPLORATION CO. LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2022 in Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, CRO 720224.
It files accounts faster than 21% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
30 May 2022
4 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 30 Sep 2027
Last accounts filed
252 days
after year end · sector median 246

Details

CRO number720224
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered office70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
EircodeD02R296
TownDublin 2 · other companies there
CountyDublin
ActivityPublishing (NACE 5829.0) · Information and communication
Last annual return28 Aug 2026
Shares its Eircode with713 other active companies

Timeline

  1. 30 Sep 2027Next annual return due
  2. 9 Sep 2025Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 13 Nov 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  4. 22 Nov 2023Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2022)
  5. 30 May 2022Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003004002022: 32632620222023: 31831820232024: 2522522024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 20249 Sep 2025252
31 Dec 202313 Nov 2024318
31 Dec 202222 Nov 2023326

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 1,521 active companies in publishing.

Filing discipline score
74 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 21% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 81
Typical filing delay
318 days
median of 3 filings · latest 66 days faster · activity 253
Financial year end
December
60.4% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 325 days
due 30 Sep 2027
Companies at this address
714
a mass registration address (agent or accountant)
Age: 4.4 years
61th pct
Filing speed: 318 days
21th pct
Address density: 714 companies
87th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How publishing is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-9.1
27th percentile since 2005 · +6.2 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
14,600
+18.7% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€2,042
-0.6% on a year · 2026 Q1
Services output volume
+26.3%
3 months to Sep 2026 vs a year earlier Information and communication
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
1,910
10.2% new in 2024 · 9.6 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
43.4%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Dublin
10,405
52.9% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€15.8m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
7.7
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€125k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
21.0%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€553k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Dublin
€1,699
this sector · county all sectors €821 · 2024
Value added per worker, Dublin region
€961k
this sector group · all sectors €275k · 2024

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