ALMA ESCAPES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12110781 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-18
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
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-06-30 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-12➕PETERS, Luke Francis appointeddirector
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-07-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ALMA ESCAPES LTD
- 2019-07-18➕MEFFAN, Catherine appointeddirector
- 2019-07-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Catherine Meffan Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 18/07/2019 |
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.
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6 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
Catalyst House 720 Centennial Ave
Elstree
Borehamwood
WD6 3SY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MEFFAN, Catherine→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2019-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PETERS, Luke Francis→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2022-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (23 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-08