ALPINE VENDING CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04654806 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-03
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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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£658.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £658,472
Cash YoY
+243%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£808k
↑ 243% YoY
Net Worth
£658k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£264k£529k£793k£1.1m£1.3mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£792.2k£582.4k
Current assets£1.32M£1.29M
Cash£807.7k£235.7k
Debtors£307.1k£666.2k
Net assets£658.5k£460.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-11-01
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    HAZELHURST, Jack Desmond appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-05-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-03
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    HAZELHURST, Jill resigned
    director
  13. 2018-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2003-09-01
    ➕
    HAZELHURST, John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-09-01
    ➕
    HAZELHURST, John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-01
    ➕
    HAZELHURST, Jill appointed
    director
  21. 2003-02-05
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-02-05
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPINE VENDING CO LIMITED
  24. 2003-02-03
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-03
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HAZELHURST, Jack Desmond (same surname) appointed 2025-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jill Hazelhurst
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/02/2017
Mr John Francis Hazelhurst
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/02/2017

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
Incorporated2003-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Unit 24 & 25 Carham Road
Carr Lane Industrial Estate
Hoylake
Wirral
CH47 4FF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HAZELHURST, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAZELHURST, Jack Desmond→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-11-01
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Active
HAZELHURST, John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned
HAZELHURST, Jill→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2018-08-03
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-30