ALPHATEC HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04360695 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-25
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 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
98 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£372k£744k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets—£1.86M
Net assets—£1.86M
Average employees0—

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 (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-08-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-08-30
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-09
    ➕
    GRIER, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  11. 2023-01-09
    ➖
    GRIER, David Joseph resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2021-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-04-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2012-02-28
    ➕
    DAVIES, Simon John appointed
    director
  23. 2012-02-28
    ➖
    BROWNING, Russell Grant resigned
    director
  24. 2003-05-14
    ➕
    BOYCE, Brian Gerard appointed
    director
  25. 2002-05-30
    ➕
    GRIER, David Joseph appointed
    director
  26. 2002-05-30
    ➕
    GRIER, David Joseph appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-05-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  28. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    BROWNING, Russell Grant appointed
    director
  30. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  31. 2002-04-05
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-04-05
    ➕
    EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2002-04-05
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2002-04-05
    ➕
    EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  35. 2002-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHATEC HOLDINGS LIMITED
  36. 2002-01-25
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2002-01-25
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lisa Grier
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting09/01/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Joseph Grierceased 09/01/2023· 50-75% shares

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.

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

GRIER, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2023-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYCE, Brian Gerard→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Simon John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIER, David Joseph→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIER, David Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-30 · resigned 2023-01-09
Resigned
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-25 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
BROWNING, Russell Grant→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2012-02-28
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-25 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property17/05/200226/04/2018

Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-23