ALTCHEESE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13684445 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-75.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10860SIC 10860
  • 10890SIC 10890
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £75,299
Very low cash
Cash position: £0
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£0
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
-£75k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£75k-£60k-£45k-£30k-£15k£193Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Cash£0£193
Net assets£-75.3k£-73.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-31
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-01-06
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-02
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTCHEESE LTD
  10. 2021-10-18
    BARBER, Anthony John appointed
    director
  11. 2021-10-18
    TYAGI, Shubesh, Dr. appointed
    director
  12. 2021-10-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony John Barber
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/10/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512

Registered office

Wards Farm Smiths Lane
Ditcheat
Shepton Mallet
BA4 6PR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARBER, Anthony John
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-10-18
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Active
TYAGI, Shubesh, Dr.
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-10-18
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-18