{"name":"ALTONE LIMITED","company_number":"04172508","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2001-03-05","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"1 Pond Lane, Bentfield Road, Stansted, England, CM24 8JG","postcode":"CM24 8JG","sic_codes":[{"code":18129,"description":"Printing not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Unaudited Abridged","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":4,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":2543,"cash":25575,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":3484,"cash":21633,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":417,"cash":38030,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":4803,"cash":64069},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":1922,"cash":33719}],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":5,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://www.altoneltd.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/altone","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/altone/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/altone/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04172508","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/altone/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/altone/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/altone/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/altone"}