ALPHATASK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03460151 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£-29.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £29,519

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£30k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£-29.5k	—
Net assets	£-29.5k	—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

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1997-11-04
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Company incorporated
As ALPHATASK LIMITED
1997-11-04
➕
HUGHES, Ann appointed
secretary
1997-11-04
➕
SOENS-HUGHES, Craig Anton appointed
director
1997-11-04
➕
VIBRANS, Philip Charles appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-11-04
➖
VIBRANS, Philip Charles resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-11-04
➕
DAVENPORT CREDIT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-11-04
➖
DAVENPORT CREDIT LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Craig Anton Soens-Hughes Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated1997-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

53 Coroners Lane

Widnes

Cheshire

WA8 9JB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Ann→

secretary · appointed 1997-11-04

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Active

SOENS-HUGHES, Craig Anton→

director · ~53y · appointed 1997-11-04

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Active

VIBRANS, Philip Charles→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-11-04

Resigned

DAVENPORT CREDIT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-11-04

Resigned

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