ALETHIC LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14818130 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-20
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-23.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
9 filings
60
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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,463

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£487
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£23k-£19k-£14k-£9k-£4k£723Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-23.5k£-20.3k
Current assets£487£723
Net assets£-23.5k£-20.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-10-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-10-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALETHIC LTD
  7. 2023-04-20
    ATKINSON, Thomas Charles, Dr appointed
    director
  8. 2023-04-20
    TRIMBLE, Martin Karl appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-20
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    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

Trimbco Ventures Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Trimbco Ventures Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ALETHIC LTD
This company · 14818130

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
Trimbco Ventures Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Martin Karl Trimbleceased 28/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Dr Thomas Charles Atkinsonceased 28/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Phoenix House
2 Huddersfield Road
Stalybridge
SK15 2QA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ATKINSON, Thomas Charles, Dr
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-20
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Active
TRIMBLE, Martin Karl
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-20
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-20