ALTONE LIMITED
Company number 04172508 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Altone Limited is a long-established but critically undercapitalized micro-printing business facing existential strategic challenges. While its 23-year survival and lean cost structure demonstrate operational resilience, the 86% erosion in net assets since 2017 and a 66% cash decline over two years signal a business in structural decline rather than cyclical downturn. The recent capital investment in plant suggests ongoing commitment, but without revenue and margin visibility, it is impossible to assess whether this represents strategic repositioning or sunk cost escalation. The fundamental strategic question facing ownership is whether to invest for niche specialization or orchestrate an orderly wind-down before creditor pressure forces the decision.
Shareholders' funds
£2,483
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-03-05
- Employees
- 4 (2025 accounts · was 3 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Pond Lane, Bentfield Road, Stansted, England, CM24 8JG
- Postcode
- CM24 8JG
- Capital
- 120 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-23
- Next due by
- 2027-02-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 18129 Printing not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 5 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.altoneltd.co.uk
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 125 similar companies in CM, trading since 2001
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 68 among printing not elsewhere classified in Chelmsford.
The class of 2001
37%
of the 296 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2011-01-06
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB358989 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2011-01-06 | — |
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