ALPHA RETAIL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14315427 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£72.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,310
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£72k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£304k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£67k£135k£202k£269k£337kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£72.3k£48.6k
Current assets£304.0k£336.8k
Cash£23.0k£23.0k
Debtors£238.3k£272.0k
Net assets£72.3k£48.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-07-04
    SHELADIA, Abhishek Kumar appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-08-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-16
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-08-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA RETAIL LTD
  10. 2022-08-24
    RANK, Virendra Haribhai appointed
    director
  11. 2022-08-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Inventure Holdings Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Inventure Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
ALPHA RETAIL LTD
This company · 14315427

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Inventure Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
5075%
50-75% shares · firm interest24/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Unit C Sands Industrial Estate
Lane End Road
High Wycombe
HP12 4HH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RANK, Virendra Haribhai
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-08-24
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Active
SHELADIA, Abhishek Kumar
director · ~26y · appointed 2026-07-04
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-24