Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Barn 1 Rookery Meade Farm Beyton Road, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9SS
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Other retail sale of food in specialised stores (47.29 - SIC 2007)Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 25/08/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 05/11/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-25 with updates
- 14/04/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 21/03/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Katie Louise Birrell on 2025-03-21
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
09/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 25/09/2025Due 09/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 25/09/2026
- Last statement dated
- 25/09/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£44.26K2025
16.16%vs 20242024: £38.10K
Total Assets
£2.36K2025
46.61%vs 20242024: £1.61K
Cash in Bank
£41.23K2025
13.98%vs 20242024: £36.17K
Employees
52025
-1vs 20242024: 6
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose. Net assets moved furthest, up 16.16% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · +22.9% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved4 chartsCharts by indicator4 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures2 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | -1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | +3 |
| 2021 | 3 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 3 in 2021 to 5 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 28/03/2022–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 28/03/2022–23/06/2022 | 31 | |
| Director | 28/03/2022–01/07/2026 | 4 | |
| Director | 28/03/2022–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 26/09/2018–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 11/09/2023–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 28/03/2022–20/08/2024 | 14 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 25/09/2018–27/02/2021 | 12 | |
| 27/03/2022–Present | 4 | |
| 26/09/2018–Present | 12 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 20
- Since 30/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 25/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 25/08/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 05/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 25/08/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 05/11/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-25 with updates
- 14/04/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 21/03/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Katie Louise Birrell on 2025-03-21
- 21/03/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Dawn Dowds on 2025-03-21
- 21/03/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Beverley Jayne Harrow on 2025-03-21
- 21/03/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Gascoyne House Fornham All Saints Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6JY England to 4 the Traverse Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1BJ on 2025-03-21
- 12/12/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 26/09/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-25 with updates
- 29/08/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Tina Ann Bolding as a director on 2024-08-20
- 02/07/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Benjamin Birrell on 2024-07-02
- 02/07/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Zeeus Stone on 2024-07-02
Showing 12 of 20 filings
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About THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Barn 1 Rookery Meade Farm Beyton Road, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9SS. Companies House classifies its business as Other retail sale of food in specialised stores, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 8 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £44.26K and 5 employees.
THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores (47.29 - SIC 2007) and Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007).
THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 26/09/2018.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £44.26K, total assets of £2.36K and cash in bank of £41.23K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 25/08/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 09/10/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (4 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).