ALPE CAPITAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12970010 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-2.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,069
Net assets shrinking
Down £62,001 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£542
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 103% YoY
Current Assets
£542
↓ 99% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k£13k£27k£42k£57k£71kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-2.1k£59.9k
Current assets£542£71.3k
Cash£542£1.2k
Debtors£70.1k
Net assets£-2.1k£59.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-08-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPE CAPITAL LIMITED
  11. 2020-10-23
    BLAGDEN, Peter Martin appointed
    director
  12. 2020-10-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Alpe Capital Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Alpe Capital Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALPE CAPITAL LIMITED
This company · 12970010

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alpe Capital Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/10/2020
Mr Peter Martin Blagden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
sig. influencesignificant influence23/10/2020

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
Incorporated2020-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

6b Parkway, Porters Wood
St. Albans
AL3 6PA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BLAGDEN, Peter Martin
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-10-23
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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-10-23