ALPEN UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03069259 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees400400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-03-06
    ➕
    TAIT, Stuart Iain appointed
    director
  13. 2020-03-06
    ➕
    WHITELEGG, Mark Ashley appointed
    director
  14. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 1998-04-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 1996-08-05
    ➕
    SAINTHOUSE, Judith Lydia appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-08-05
    ➖
    TURNER, Nigel Paul resigned
    secretary
  22. 1996-08-05
    ➖
    TURNER, Nigel Paul resigned
    director
  23. 1995-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPEN UK LIMITED
  24. 1995-06-16
    ➕
    SAINTHOUSE, Neil Kendal appointed
    director
  25. 1995-06-16
    ➕
    TURNER, Nigel Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-06-16
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-06-16
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1995-06-16
    ➕
    TURNER, Nigel Paul appointed
    director
  29. 1995-06-16
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1995-06-16
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Kendal Sainthouse
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/09/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

3a Novus Park Haig Road
Parkgate Industrial Estate
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 8FB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SAINTHOUSE, Judith Lydia→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-05
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Active
SAINTHOUSE, Neil Kendal→
director · ~69y · appointed 1995-06-16
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Active
TAIT, Stuart Iain→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-03-06
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Active
WHITELEGG, Mark Ashley→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, Nigel Paul→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-16 · resigned 1996-08-05
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-06-16 · resigned 1995-06-16
Resigned
TURNER, Nigel Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 1995-06-16 · resigned 1996-08-05
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-06-16 · resigned 1995-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/04/1998—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-20