ALTURA SERVICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10104282 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-05

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

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

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,753

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£31k

Net Worth

£4k

Current Assets

£32k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£16.8k
Current assets	£31.9k
Cash	£31.2k
Debtors	£711
Net assets	£3.8k

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

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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 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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SERRA VIDAL, Marc appointed
director
2026-03-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-09
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BOOKER, Rachael Mary appointed
director
2026-01-09
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ULBRICH, Caroline Juliane Maximiliane appointed
director
2026-01-09
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STEEL, Steven John resigned
director
2026-01-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-10
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-12
➕
GUY, Suzannah Jane appointed
director
2016-05-12
➕
JOUQUES, Neale Ashley appointed
director
2016-04-05
🏢
Company incorporated
As ALTURA SERVICE LIMITED
2016-04-05
➕
STEEL, Steven John appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-10: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Caro Management Services Gmbh is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caro Management Services Gmbh

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALTURA SERVICE LIMITED

This company · 10104282

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Caro Management Services Gmbh Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/12/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Versilia Group Holdings Limitedceased 10/12/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2016-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

1 Rushmills

Northampton

NN4 7YB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04