ALICE GRACE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14795705 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. 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 (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,408

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£4k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 3136% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£7k-£5k-£3k-£1k£528£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-4.4k£-6.4k
Current assets£2.5k£76
Net assets£-4.4k£-7.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2024-11-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALICE GRACE LTD
  8. 2023-04-12
    GASKELL, Alice Patricia Grace appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-12
    WESTON, Alexa Catherine appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-12
    📄
    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

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: 2026-04-25

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alice Patricia Grace Gaskell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/04/2023

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
Incorporated2023-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

8 Mollie Taylor Avenue
Bathwick
Bath
BA2 6BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GASKELL, Alice Patricia Grace
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-04-12
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Active
WESTON, Alexa Catherine
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-04-12
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-12