A LA MESA LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10844834 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-30
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-9.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £9,282
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,303 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 44300% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 89% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£9k£1k£11k£22k£32k£42kJun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-6.0k£22.6k
Current assets£4.8k£42.3k
Net assets£-9.3k£21

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-16
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-10-09
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2021-09-21
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-27
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2020-11-24
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2020-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A LA MESA LTD
  16. 2017-06-30
    CURTIS, Joseph Mark appointed
    director
  17. 2017-06-30
    GROVE, Victoria Charlotte appointed
    director
  18. 2017-06-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-07

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · N postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A G 27 LTD
15974788 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ADNANTE LTD
11827871 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
ADRIMAA LIMITED
13361219 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
AGUMUS LTD
16781362 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AHMET 23 LTD
17003759 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
AIA CATERING LTD
13611057 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
AK CATERING & EVENT SERVICES LTD
16988222 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
AK CATERING LTD
11274374 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
AK GRILL LIMITED
16608081 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AK PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
08567691 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
AKBAY FOOD INDUSTRY LTD
15039960 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
AKD GLOBAL LTD
11073793 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
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
Incorporated2017-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

14 Avenue Road
London
N6 5DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CURTIS, Joseph Mark
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROVE, Victoria Charlotte
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2021-10-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-11-27