ALFRESCO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11673620 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-554.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £554,678
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
Net Worth
-£555k
Current Assets
£1.7m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-545.8k |
| Current assets | £1.74M |
| Cash | £1.4k |
| Debtors | £610.8k |
| Net assets | £-554.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-16➕BRIANT, Gemma appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALFRESCO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2018-11-13➕BRIANT, Nicholas Paul appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-13➕BRIANT, Gemma appointeddirector
- 2018-11-13➕BRIANT, Nicholas Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Gemma Briant Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/08/2021 |
Mr Nicholas Paul Briant Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/11/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Registered office
85 Ringwood Road
Poole
BH14 0RH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BRIANT, Nicholas Paul→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-11-13
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BRIANT, Gemma→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2018-11-13
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BRIANT, Nicholas Paul→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2018-11-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/03/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-29