ALTA TRADING UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
Cash
£31M
-15.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
-24.2% vs 2023
Employees
4
-82.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£10M
+47.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On 8 December 2022, the Company's parent undertaking, Farahead Holdings Limited, notified the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Board') that it had withdrawn its support for the business and that the business could no longer operate its business plan as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALTA TRADING UK LIMITED 2020-06-29 → present
- ARCADIA PETROLEUM LIMITED 1988-10-20 → 2020-06-29
- TAWNEYDENE LIMITED 1988-07-08 → 1988-10-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,081,542 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£16,700,519 | -£12,373,610 | |
| Profit before tax | -£19,913,269 | -£10,478,132 | |
| Net profit | -£16,128,984 | -£10,788,732 | |
| Cash | £37,112,676 | £31,322,461 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,606,375 | £33,817,643 | |
| Net assets | £44,606,375 | £33,817,643 | |
| Equity | £44,606,375 | £33,817,643 | |
| Average employees | 23 | 4 | |
| Wages | £3,601,186 | £323,944 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -802.3% | — | |
| Net margin | -774.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -37.4% | -36.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 29.12x | 15.75x | |
| Interest cover | -4.04x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 8 December 2022, the Company's parent undertaking, Farahead Holdings Limited, notified the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Board') that it had withdrawn its support for the business and that the business could no longer operate its business plan as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased trading on 8 December 2022 and has had no employees since the end of August 2023.”
- “On 16 January 2023, the Company submitted an application to cancel its authorisation to the Financial Conduct Authority and this was approved by the Financial Conduct Authority's decision FCA on 20 June 2023.”
- “In connection with ongoing legal cases, the Company has been ordered to maintain no less than $24.5 million in its bank account until further ordered for benefit of certain defendants. Judgment is expected sometime in December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-03-16 | — | — |
| MILLS, Benjamin William | Director | 2023-04-12 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MILLS-WEBB, Edward Henry | Director | 2021-04-22 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLING, Gerard | Secretary | 1996-05-10 | 1998-08-17 |
| SANO, Shuhei | Secretary | — | 1995-03-01 |
| SUGIURA, Yasutomo | Secretary | 1998-08-17 | 2001-05-29 |
| SUGIURA, Yasutomo | Secretary | 1995-03-01 | 1996-05-10 |
| YAMADA, Hirohisa | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2006-03-16 |
| YAMADA, Takeshi | Secretary | 2001-05-29 | 2004-09-01 |
| ADAMS, Paul Henry | Director | 2017-09-05 | 2019-05-28 |
| ANZE, Taihei | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2003-06-01 |
| ANZE, Taihei | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1997-08-01 |
| ARAKI, Keiji | Director | — | 1995-01-16 |
| AURSTAD, Thorolf Peder | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2023-04-12 |
| BAKER, Graham James | Director | 2017-09-05 | 2022-06-30 |
| BYSHKOVA, Marianna | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2019-05-28 |
| FELIX SARAIVA E SILVA, Joao Pedro | Director | 2019-05-28 | 2020-11-02 |
| FRANCISCO, Thomas Lawther | Director | 2015-04-24 | 2017-08-02 |
| FUJII, Kinichiro | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1998-03-16 |
| FUJINAGA, Takashi | Director | 1998-01-05 | 2000-05-01 |
| FUJIWARA, Hirotatsu | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2003-09-01 |
| FUMIAKI, Iwahashi | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2005-05-01 |
| GREEN, John Marcus | Director | — | 1999-03-16 |
| HANNAS, Dimitris | Director | 2015-01-16 | 2016-01-26 |
| HANNAS, Dimitris | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2008-04-02 |
| HURLEY, Colin | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2011-07-31 |
| ICHIKAWA, Masahiko | Director | — | 1993-02-28 |
| IIO, Norinao | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-03-16 |
| ISHIKAWA, Shigeo | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2001-12-01 |
| ISHIKAWA, Shigeo | Director | — | 1995-10-23 |
| IWASE, Noboru | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2002-04-15 |
| KAGAWA, Yoshiyuki | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| KHANDELWAL, Ajay | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2009-04-29 |
| KINOSHITA, Teiichi | Director | — | 1994-05-13 |
| KITAMURA, Yoshiaki | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2005-04-01 |
| KUME, Atsushi | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1997-08-01 |
| LANCE, Mark Richard | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2015-03-13 |
| MARUYAMA, Susumu | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2004-05-21 |
| MASAMUTSU, Shinozaki | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| MITSUHASHHI, Nobuyuki | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1995-01-16 |
| MIZUBAYASHI, Takahiro | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1997-08-01 |
| MORIOKA, Seiji | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-06-01 |
| MORIUME, Kenzo | Director | 2004-04-02 | 2006-03-16 |
| MORIUME, Kenzo | Director | 1995-10-20 | 1998-02-01 |
| NAKANO, Tetsuro | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1998-03-16 |
| O'CONNOR, David | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-03-17 |
| OKADA, Joji | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-03-16 |
| PALLARIS, Costas | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2008-04-02 |
| SAKAMOTO, Noriaki | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2004-10-01 |
| SASANO, Noboru | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1995-10-20 |
| SATO, Masakazu | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2006-03-16 |
| SATO, Masakazu | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2001-01-01 |
| SATO, Masakazu | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-01-16 |
| SHIRASAKA, Keinosuke | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-10-21 |
| SHIRASAKA, Keinosuke | Director | 1998-03-16 | 1999-06-01 |
| SHOJI, Norio | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1998-01-05 |
| SUZUKI, Naomichi | Director | 1994-05-13 | 1996-06-01 |
| SUZUKI, Yutaka | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2005-11-08 |
| TANI, Okinori | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1996-06-01 |
| TOSHIHIKO, Takagi | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2005-05-16 |
| TSURUTA, Noboru | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| TUKE, Charles Peter | Director | 2012-07-16 | 2023-11-30 |
| YAMADA, Hirohisa | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2006-03-16 |
| YAMADA, Takao | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2000-05-01 |
| YAMADA, Takeshi | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2006-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eirini Santhi Theocharous | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-08-01 | Ceased 2023-12-31 |
| Spyros Demou Episkopou | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-06-25 | Ceased 2024-01-31 |
| Jean-Luc Patrick Piazza | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-13 |
| Timothy Nicholas Scott Warren | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-31 |
| Demetrios Hannas | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-01 |
| John Fredriksen | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 353 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
-
Turnover
-100%
£2,081,542 £0
-
Cash
-15.6%
£37,112,676 £31,322,461
-
Net assets
-24.2%
£44,606,375 £33,817,643
-
Employees
-82.6%
23 4
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Operating profit
+25.9%
-£16,700,519 -£12,373,610
-
Profit before tax
+47.4%
-£19,913,269 -£10,478,132
-
Wages
-91%
£3,601,186 £323,944
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers