ALPI UK LIMITED
📈Growthactive
02507771 · ltd · incorporated 1990-06-01
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 24.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.5y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
140 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,488,026
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.49M | £520.9k |
| Average employees | 17800 | 19600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-08-15🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-01-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-16➕PEDERSEN, Ulrik Dal appointeddirector
- 2020-07-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-01-30➖SCHEYDE, Willem resigneddirector
- 2017-11-17➕SCHEYDE, Willem appointeddirector
- 2016-06-13➖NOBLE, Carl Spencer resigneddirector
- 2016-04-18➕NOBLE, Carl Spencer appointeddirector
- 2016-04-18➖REEVES, Martin Richard resigneddirector
- 2014-04-24➕ALBINI, Lorenzo appointeddirector
- 2008-04-07➖CSCS NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-07-14➖SUMMERS, Barbara Louise resignedsecretary
- 2006-07-14➕CSCS NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-01-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Unicredito Italiano Spa
- 1999-06-30➖SPEIGHT, Anthony John resigneddirector
- 1999-06-01➖SPEIGHT, Anthony John resignedsecretary
- 1999-06-01➕SUMMERS, Barbara Louise appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-21➖FOX, Paul resignedsecretary
- 1992-02-21➕SPEIGHT, Anthony John appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-21➖FOX, Paul resigneddirector
- 1990-06-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPI UK LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Sandro Pitigliani Individual · Italian · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Piero Albini Individual · Italian · DOB 05/1939 · age 87 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| AMOR GROUP LTD→ 10839356 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities
Registered office
Alpi House, Miles Gray Road
Basildon
Essex
SS14 3HJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)
ALBINI, Lorenzo→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEDERSEN, Ulrik Dal→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2020-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FOX, Paul→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-02-21
SPEIGHT, Anthony John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 1999-06-01
SUMMERS, Barbara Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2006-07-14
CSCS NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-07-14 · resigned 2008-04-07
FOX, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · resigned 1992-02-21
NOBLE, Carl Spencer→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-04-18 · resigned 2016-06-13
REEVES, Martin Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · resigned 2016-04-18
SCHEYDE, Willem→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-11-17 · resigned 2019-01-30
SPEIGHT, Anthony John→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · resigned 1999-06-30
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/07/2020 | 15/08/2022 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 10/06/2020 | 17/11/2023 | |
| satisfied | Unicredito Italiano Spa | Debenture | 1 property | 18/01/2002 | 02/02/2021 |
Recent filings (140 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-15