ALCOHOL LTD
💤Zombieactive
04854930 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-04
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 72200Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
- 73200Market research and public opinion polling
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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, 4 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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
- 2026-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-07-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-03➕GRINDLEY, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2025-07-03➖UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-07-03➖CAVELEY, Maureen Anne resigneddirector
- 2025-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-06-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2009-08-04➕CAVELEY, Maureen Anne appointeddirector
- 2009-08-04➖UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2004-08-01➖APPADU, Jaysan resigneddirector
- 2004-08-01➕UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2003-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCOHOL LTD
- 2003-08-04➕UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-08-04➕APPADU, Jaysan appointeddirector
- 2003-08-04➕UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2003-08-04➖UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Coaley Peak Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Coaley Peak Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALCOHOL LTD
This company · 04854930
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Coaley Peak Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/07/2025 |
Mr Stephen Grindley Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33 | — | — | board controlboard control | 03/07/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- System Day (Nominees) Ltdceased 03/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Formacompany Nominees Ltdceased 02/06/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| AIUTO LTD→ 07095088 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities
Registered office
The Limes
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-18
Last: 2026-07-04
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
GRINDLEY, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-08-04 · resigned 2025-07-03
APPADU, Jaysan→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2003-08-04 · resigned 2004-08-01
CAVELEY, Maureen Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2009-08-04 · resigned 2025-07-03
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2009-08-04
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2003-08-04 · resigned 2003-08-04
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03