ALPINE SYSTEMS UK LTD
🌳Matureactive
03975105 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-18
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 25.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£254.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 25.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.0 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 (79/100)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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
91 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £254,369
Net assets shrinking
Down £152,673 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£254k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £255.8k | £408.4k |
| Current assets | £16.8k | £25.4k |
| Net assets | £254.4k | £407.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-02-11📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-02-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-08-15📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2006-04-10➕MORTIMER BURNETT LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-04-10➖BURNETT, Shayne Margol resignedsecretary
- 2003-06-25➕HUNT, Anita appointeddirector
- 2002-05-21➕HUNT, Stuart Gerald appointeddirector
- 2002-05-21➖MOORE, Peter Douglas resigneddirector
- 2001-06-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Factor 21 PLC
- 2001-02-01➕BURNETT, Shayne Margol appointedsecretary
- 2000-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPINE SYSTEMS UK LTD
- 2000-04-18➕THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-04-18➖THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-04-18➕MOORE, Peter Douglas appointeddirector
- 2000-04-18➕THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-04-18➖THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stuart Gerald Hunt Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Anita Hunt Individual · Austrian · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520
Registered office
The White House
Mill Road, Goring On Thames
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 9DD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MORTIMER BURNETT LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-10
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Active
HUNT, Stuart Gerald→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-21
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BURNETT, Shayne Margol→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-02-01 · resigned 2006-04-10
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-18 · resigned 2000-04-18
MOORE, Peter Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2000-04-18 · resigned 2002-05-21
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-18 · resigned 2000-04-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Factor 21 Factor 21 PLC | Charge on debts | 1 property | 12/06/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (91 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-02-11
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31