ALTERNATIVE GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07265178 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-26

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-106.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

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 (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £106,150

Cash YoY

+90%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£959

↑ 90% YoY

Net Worth

-£106k

~ YoY

Current Assets

-£8k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-12.3k	£-11.5k
Current assets	£-7.8k	£-6.0k
Cash	£959	£506
Debtors	£-12.8k	£-10.5k
Net assets	£-106.2k	£-105.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-08
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accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-02-27
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-06
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officers · TM01
2019-06-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-31
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HAMMOND, Hayley Frances resigned
director
2019-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-19
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officers · AP01
2017-02-18
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accounts · AA
2017-02-06
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HAMMOND, Hayley Frances appointed
director
2016-06-09
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-30
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accounts · AA
2011-07-07
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HUMPHREY, Barry Thomas resigned
director
2011-07-07
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HUMPHREY, Deborah Mary Jane resigned
director
2010-05-26
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Company incorporated
As ALTERNATIVE GARDENS LIMITED
2010-05-26
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DREW, Lesley Teresa appointed
director
2010-05-26
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WARE, Lynette Pamela appointed
director
2010-05-26
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HUMPHREY, Barry Thomas appointed
director
2010-05-26
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HUMPHREY, Deborah Mary Jane appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Lesley Teresa Drew Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	27/05/2016
Ms Lynette Pamela Ware Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	26/05/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Hayley Frances Hammondceased 09/05/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated2010-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Highfields Knights Hill Road

The Pludds

Ruardean

Gloucestershire

GL17 9UA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-09

Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DREW, Lesley Teresa→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-05-26

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Active

WARE, Lynette Pamela→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-05-26

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Active

HAMMOND, Hayley Frances→

director · ~42y · appointed 2017-02-06 · resigned 2019-05-31

Resigned

HUMPHREY, Barry Thomas→

director · ~75y · appointed 2010-05-26 · resigned 2011-07-07

Resigned

HUMPHREY, Deborah Mary Jane→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-05-26 · resigned 2011-07-07

Resigned

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