ALPINE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02898802 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£381.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (72/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £381,302
Cash YoY
+79%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£301k
↑ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£381k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£664k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£133k£266k£398k£531k£664kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£381.8k£298.4k
Current assets£663.8k£505.6k
Cash£300.6k£168.3k
Debtors£296.6k£188.8k
Net assets£381.3k£297.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2026-04-07
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    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2025-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-07
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  5. 2023-03-08
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-15
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-13
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2020-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2020-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2019-05-03
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  15. 2018-04-13
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  16. 2017-07-10
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  17. 2016-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-09
    ➕
    HOWELL, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-20
    ➕
    HOWELL, Sarah Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-12-20
    ➖
    PEARSON, David Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-12-20
    ➖
    PEARSON, David Jonathan resigned
    director
  22. 1997-07-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Singer & Friedlander Factors Limited
  23. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    LEE-AMIES, Emma resigned
    secretary
  24. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    PEARSON, David Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-10-07
    ➖
    LAWRENCE, Derek Peter resigned
    director
  26. 1996-10-07
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Stephen Charles Cary resigned
    director
  27. 1996-10-07
    ➕
    PEARSON, David Jonathan appointed
    director
  28. 1996-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Singer & Friedlander Factors Limited
  29. 1994-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPINE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
  30. 1994-02-15
    ➕
    HOWELL, Stephen David appointed
    director
  31. 1994-02-15
    ➕
    LEE-AMIES, Emma appointed
    secretary
  32. 1994-02-15
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1994-02-15
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1994-02-15
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Derek Peter appointed
    director
  35. 1994-02-15
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Stephen Charles Cary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen David Howell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control29/06/2016
Mrs Sarah Jane Howell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Alpine Technology Ltd Unit 1b East Lockside
Brighton Marina
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 5HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HOWELL, Sarah Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWELL, Sarah Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWELL, Stephen David→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE-AMIES, Emma→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-15 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
PEARSON, David Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2007-12-20
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-15 · resigned 1994-02-15
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Derek Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 1994-02-15 · resigned 1996-10-07
Resigned
MITCHELL, Stephen Charles Cary→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-02-15 · resigned 1996-10-07
Resigned
PEARSON, David Jonathan→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-10-07 · resigned 2007-12-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Singer & Friedlander Factors
Singer & Friedlander Factors Limited
Debenture1 property22/07/199728/02/2020
satisfied
Singer & Friedlander Factors
Singer & Friedlander Factors Limited
Debenture1 property01/08/199628/02/2020

Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-13