ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04335378 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-06
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£51.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.2y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £51,262
Cash draining
Cash down 54% YoY
Cash YoY
-54%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
↑ 103% YoY
Current Assets
£489k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £980.8k | £954.7k |
| Current assets | £488.5k | £466.7k |
| Cash | £2.3k | £5.0k |
| Debtors | £486.2k | £461.7k |
| Net assets | £51.3k | £25.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Chl Mortgages for Intermediaries Limited
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2012-12-10➖MESRIE, Maurice resignedsecretary
- 2010-01-27➕MESRIE, Shimrit Miriam appointeddirector
- 2002-02-25➕MESRIE, Robert Alan Edward appointeddirector
- 2002-02-25➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2002-02-25➕MESRIE, Maurice appointedsecretary
- 2002-02-25➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
- 2001-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE LIMITED
- 2001-12-06➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2001-12-06➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Alan Edward Mesrie Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Shimrit Miriam Mesrie Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/02/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.M.LAVERTY & CO.,LIMITED→ 00616827 · est 1958 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 67y | — | — |
| AB PHARMA SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15331237 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AKW TRADING LTD→ 16750337 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALAYANCE LTD→ 16115798 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALBION ELECTRIC (HOLDINGS) LTD→ 00683234 · est 1961 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 65y | — | — |
| ALDERBURGH LIMITED→ 01501134 · est 1980 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 45y | — | — |
| ALGOUNICO LTD→ 15117027 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALI TEXTILES GLOBAL LTD→ 15431856 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALISONS GROUP LIMITED→ 16858979 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLERTONS STORES LIMITED→ 11266948 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ALSA GROUP LIMITED→ 10640866 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ALTEX (UK) LIMITED→ 01624833 · est 1982 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 44y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles
Registered office
25-29 Sandy Way Yeadon
Leeds
LS19 7EW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MESRIE, Robert Alan Edward→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2002-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MESRIE, Shimrit Miriam→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2010-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-06 · resigned 2002-02-25
MESRIE, Maurice→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-02-25 · resigned 2012-12-10
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2001-12-06 · resigned 2002-02-25
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Chl Mortgages for Intermediaries Chl Mortgages for Intermediaries Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/04/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (89 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03