ALPINA LONDON CARS LTD

🌱Startupactive
16029500 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49390SIC 49390
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-09-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-11-28
    BARAKIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-11-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-11-01
    ERMOLOV, Ivan appointed
    director
  12. 2024-11-01
    BARAKIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich resigned
    director
  13. 2024-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPINA LONDON CARS LTD
  14. 2024-10-21
    BARAKIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich appointed
    director
  15. 2024-10-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ivan Ermolov
Individual · British · DOB 10/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest10/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mikhail Alexandrovich Barakinceased 10/11/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Trinity House 13 377 Kensington High Street
London
W14 8QA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BARAKIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-11-28
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Active
ERMOLOV, Ivan
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Active
BARAKIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-10-21 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-21