ALPS PROJECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04463881 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-23
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    ALCOCK, Thomas Peter appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-12-03
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    ALCOCK, Peter James resigned
    director
  6. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-06-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2016-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2015-07-31
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    ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2002-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPS PROJECTS LIMITED
  22. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    HART, Leon Alan appointed
    director
  23. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-06-18
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    ALCOCK, Peter James appointed
    director
  28. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-06-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Alps Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alps Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALPS PROJECTS LIMITED
This company · 04463881

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alps Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Prospect House Millennium Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ALCOCK, Thomas Peter→
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Leon Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-06-18
Resigned
ALCOCK, Catherine Elizabeth→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
ALCOCK, Peter James→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2024-12-03
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2002-06-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-22