ALTERRA CAPITAL ADVISORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05245222 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-29
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-13.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,045

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£10k-£8k-£5k-£2k£432Dec 2024Dec 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-13.0k£-12.6k
Current assets—£432
Net assets£-13.0k£-12.6k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-08
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-01-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-07-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-04-15
    ➖
    NEUMUNZ, Ronald Martin resigned
    director
  17. 2005-04-22
    ➕
    WICK, Jennifer L appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-04-22
    ➕
    WICK, Jennifer L appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-22
    ➖
    WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2005-04-22
    ➕
    NEUMUNZ, Ronald Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2005-04-22
    ➖
    WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2004-09-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTERRA CAPITAL ADVISORS LIMITED
  23. 2004-09-29
    ➕
    WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-09-29
    ➕
    WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jennifer L Wick
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · WD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A.R.F ADVISORY LTD→
16222338 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ANTAL RECRUITMENT LTD→
12850514 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
APHS HERTS LTD→
15264552 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
APPLY RECRUITMENT LTD→
10521120 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ARAELLA LIMITED→
11597040 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
ARB PARTNERS LTD→
15658104 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ARCHIE'S SERVICES LTD→
06759300 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
ARCHIPEL CAPITAL LIMITED→
12488469 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ARCHIPLAN DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT LTD→
17123258 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
ARCHITECTS CORPORATION LIMITED→
03055498 · est 1995 · no financials extracted
————30y——
ARCHPLAN DESIGNS LIMITED→
05185112 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
————21y——
ARCONE BRANDING LTD→
16747399 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Unit 17 Orbital 25 Business Park Dwight Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 9DA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WICK, Jennifer L→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WICK, Jennifer L→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-29 · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned
NEUMUNZ, Ronald Martin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-04-22 · resigned 2011-04-15
Resigned
WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-29 · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (63 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-19
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09