HAROLD ALTMAN LIMITED

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SC141307 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£85.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £85,863

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£86k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↑ 2.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£38k£57k£77k£96kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£85.9k£79.5k
Current assets£95.8k£93.5k
Net assets£85.9k£79.5k

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.

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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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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  2. 2024-12-27
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-29
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  5. 2022-03-30
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  6. 2021-03-24
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  7. 2019-12-21
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  8. 2018-12-26
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  9. 2017-12-21
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  10. 2016-12-22
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  11. 2015-12-23
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  12. 2015-11-18
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  13. 2014-12-16
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  14. 2014-11-18
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  15. 2013-12-27
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  16. 2006-10-12
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    ALTMAN, Wilma appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-10-12
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    TOBIAS, Irvine resigned
    secretary
  18. 1992-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As HAROLD ALTMAN LIMITED
  19. 1992-11-18
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    ALTMAN, Harold appointed
    director
  20. 1992-11-18
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1992-11-18
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1992-11-18
    ➕
    TOBIAS, Irvine appointed
    secretary
  23. 1992-11-18
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1992-11-18
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALTMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harold Altman
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

4th Floor Suite 375 93 Hope Street
Glasgow
G2 6LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALTMAN, Wilma→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-12
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Active
ALTMAN, Harold→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-18 · resigned 1992-11-18
Resigned
TOBIAS, Irvine→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-18 · resigned 2006-10-12
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-11-18 · resigned 1992-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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2026-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-26