ALTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166236 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.7y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
23 officers (3 active, 23 linked, 15 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
123 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees434000

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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  3. 2024-01-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-01-01
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    MURPHY, George Thomas Paul appointed
    director
  5. 2023-10-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-31
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    JAMES, Iwan Gruffydd resigned
    director
  8. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-12-10
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-12-09
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    JAMES, Iwan Gruffydd appointed
    director
  13. 2020-12-09
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    WATSON, Craig Eric Kenneth resigned
    director
  14. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-02
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-07-02
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    officers · AP03
  17. 2019-07-01
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    DE GRAAF, Ineke appointed
    secretary
  18. 2019-07-01
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    FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-10-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2018-09-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.
  22. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-04-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2018-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2018-04-01
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    WENZLAU, Michael appointed
    director
  26. 2018-04-01
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    NIJDAM, Johannes Folkert resigned
    director
  27. 2016-04-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2015-09-01
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    NIJDAM, Johannes Folkert appointed
    director
  29. 2015-06-02
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    WOERING, Roelof resigned
    director
  30. 2015-06-02
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    WOERING, Roelof resigned
    director
  31. 2015-03-10
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    BAKKER, Roland resigned
    director
  32. 2014-08-02
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    FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert resigned
    secretary
  33. 2014-08-01
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    FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert appointed
    secretary
  34. 2014-08-01
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    WOERING, Roelof appointed
    director
  35. 2014-07-01
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    FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert appointed
    secretary
  36. 2014-07-01
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    WOERING, Roelof appointed
    director
  37. 2014-06-06
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    ROZEMA, Lieuwe Sytse resigned
    director
  38. 2014-02-28
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    VAN DOORN, Bartus Gerrit resigned
    secretary
  39. 2013-01-01
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    BAKKER, Roland resigned
    secretary
  40. 2013-01-01
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    VAN DOORN, Bartus Gerrit appointed
    secretary
  41. 2013-01-01
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    HARTMANS, Cees resigned
    director
  42. 2013-01-01
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    ROZEMA, Lieuwe Sytse appointed
    director
  43. 2006-08-31
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    OSINGA, Gosse resigned
    secretary
  44. 2006-01-09
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    WATSON, Craig Eric Kenneth appointed
    director
  45. 2005-10-24
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    NIGHTINGALE, Matthew Anthony resigned
    director
  46. 2005-06-23
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    BAKKER, Roland appointed
    secretary
  47. 2004-03-01
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    BAKKER, Roland appointed
    director
  48. 2004-03-01
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    HARTMANS, Cees appointed
    director
  49. 2004-03-01
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    NIGHTINGALE, Matthew Anthony appointed
    director
  50. 2004-02-28
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    BLAIR, Douglas resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wijnand Nicolaas Pon
Individual · Dutch · DOB 11/1943 · age 83
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

147 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 20 resigned)

DE GRAAF, Ineke→
secretary · appointed 2019-07-01
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Active
MURPHY, George Thomas Paul→
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-01-01
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Active
WENZLAU, Michael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKKER, Roland→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-23 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert→
secretary · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2014-08-02
Resigned
FLANDERIJN, Sander Daniel Gijsbert→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2019-07-01
Resigned
OSINGA, Gosse→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-12 · resigned 1996-06-12
Resigned
VAN DOORN, Bartus Gerrit→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
VAN GIESSEN, Ronald Carl, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-12 · resigned 2001-01-01
Resigned
BAKKER, Roland→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2015-03-10
Resigned
BLAIR, Douglas→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2004-02-28
Resigned
BRUGGINK, Antony Frederik Johan, Ir→
director · ~71y · appointed 1996-06-12 · resigned 1999-01-01
Resigned
HARTMANS, Cees→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
JAMES, Iwan Gruffydd→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-12-09 · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-06-12 · resigned 1996-06-12
Resigned
NIGHTINGALE, Matthew Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned
NIJDAM, Johannes Folkert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
ROZEMA, Lieuwe Sytse→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2014-06-06
Resigned
VERBEEK, Bartele→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-01-01 · resigned 2001-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.
A registered charge—27/09/2018—
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property14/08/199622/04/2016
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Recent filings (123 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-29