ALTERNATIVE MEANS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04001473 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-25
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£383.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £383,863

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£210k
Net Worth
£384k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£77k£154k£230k£307k£384kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Cash£210.5k—
Net assets£383.9k—
Average employees—500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-12
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-07
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-02-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-01-07
    ➖
    WOOLFENDEN, John Granville resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-01-07
    ➖
    WOOLFENDEN, John Granville resigned
    director
  18. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    WYATT, Nicholas Martin appointed
    director
  19. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    WOOLFENDEN, John Granville appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-08-21
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    WOOLFENDEN, John Granville appointed
    director
  22. 2000-08-21
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTERNATIVE MEANS LIMITED
  24. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Martin Wyatt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Melanie Margaret Woolfendenceased 05/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

9 Donnington Park
85 Birdham Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 7AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WYATT, Nicholas Martin→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOLFENDEN, John Granville→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-21 · resigned 2018-01-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-08-21
Resigned
WOOLFENDEN, John Granville→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-08-21 · resigned 2018-01-07
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01