ALTA VOLANT LTD
🌱Startupactive
16239266 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-10
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52230
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77351SIC 77351
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: low (49/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2026-04-24📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-12-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Arkle Finance LTD
- 2025-02-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ALTA VOLANT LTD
- 2025-02-10➕FIRBANK, Benjamin Douglas Joseph Perran appointeddirector
- 2025-02-10➕SALLOWS, Gary James appointeddirector
- 2025-02-10➕SNEEZUM-RAFFE, Henry appointeddirector
- 2025-02-10➕TOOR, Nadeem Anwar appointeddirector
- 2025-02-10➕WASH, Darren Charles appointeddirector
- 2025-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
53/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52230 — SIC 52230
Registered office
Office 1 82a James Carter Road
Mildenhall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 7DE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
FIRBANK, Benjamin Douglas Joseph Perran→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-02-10
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SALLOWS, Gary James→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2025-02-10
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SNEEZUM-RAFFE, Henry→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-02-10
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TOOR, Nadeem Anwar→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2025-02-10
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WASH, Darren Charles→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2025-02-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Arkle Finance Arkle Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (6 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-24
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-10