ALPINE 100 (CHATHAM) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌿Early-stageactive
15728445 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-05-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
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Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPINE 100 (CHATHAM) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  2. 2024-05-18
    ALI, John Paul James appointed
    director
  3. 2024-05-18
    DOBSON, William Scott appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-18
    MCQUOID, Neil appointed
    director
  5. 2024-05-18
    PAXTON, James appointed
    director
  6. 2024-05-18
    WARD, Peter Simon appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-18
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

60/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-18

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

The Ski Shack Chatham Ski Centre
Capstone Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 3JH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-18OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

ALI, John Paul James
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-18
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Active
DOBSON, William Scott
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-05-18
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Active
MCQUOID, Neil
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-05-18
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Active
PAXTON, James
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-05-18
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Active
WARD, Peter Simon
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-05-18
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2024-05-18