ALCO TEAM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
Cash
£331K
-53% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-38.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
89
+2.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
-985.4% 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
These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1.6 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concem.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,956,141 | £12,657,864 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£28,541 | -£1,141,277 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£115,348 | -£1,251,944 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£353,163 | -£996,644 | |
| Cash | £100 | £114,467 | £703,198 | £330,668 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £210,298 | £233,943 | £4,829,501 | £6,597,865 | |
| Net assets | £36,551 | £288 | -£2,379,334 | -£3,300,303 | |
| Equity | £36,551 | £288 | -£2,379,334 | -£3,300,303 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 87 | 89 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,644,281 | £3,451,795 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £188,777 | £315,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-2.3%
£12,956,141 £12,657,864
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Cash
-53%
£703,198 £330,668
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Net assets
-38.7%
-£2,379,334 -£3,300,303
lowest in 4 filed years
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Employees
+2.3%
87 89
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-3,898.7%
-£28,541 -£1,141,277
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Profit before tax
-985.4%
-£115,348 -£1,251,944
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Wages
+30.5%
£2,644,281 £3,451,795
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -0.2% | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -2.7% | -7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -0.6% | -17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 127.5% | 135.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.03x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -0.33x | -9.73x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1.6 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concem.”
Group structure
- ALCO TEAM LIMITED · parent
- Wild Water Cold Storage Limited 100%
- Wild Water Frozen Limited 100%
- Wild Water Storage Limited 100%
- Wild Water Warehousing Limited 100%
- Wild Water Transport Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 16 December 2025, DV5 LP, the ultimate controlling party, provided a letter of support to the Group for the period to 31 December 2026. The Ultimate Parent will provide financial support to the Group such that the Group is able to operate as a going concern and to settle its liabilities as they fall due.”
- “The immediate parent entity has undertaken a strategic review, considering options to further grow and develop the Group and maximise shareholder returns. Possible options include the sale of the business to a larger cold storage operator and raising equity or debt capital from the existing ultimate shareholder or new investors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERGER, Daniel Mark | Director | 2024-04-15 | Jun 1978 | Australian |
| BOWDEN, James Edward Blake | Director | 2024-04-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWDEN, James Edward Blake | Director | 2024-04-15 | 2024-04-15 |
| HANCOCK, Stuart | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2025-08-01 |
| LAMBERT, Martin Reade | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2024-04-15 |
| RATTENBURY, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2012-08-10 | 2023-12-13 |
| RATTENBURY, Kenneth | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2023-12-13 |
| TOWNSON, Neil David | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2024-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dv5 (Cold Storage) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-12-13 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth Rattenbury | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-08-10 | Ceased 2023-12-13 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Ann Rattenbury | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-08-10 | Ceased 2023-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.