ALPINE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC273861 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-24
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
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-12-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-11
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2019-03-01
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    BARKER, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  14. 2018-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-03
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  17. 2004-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPINE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  18. 2004-09-24
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    BARKER, Gillian Frances Brodie appointed
    director
  19. 2004-09-24
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    BARKER, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-09-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-09-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2004-09-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Frances Brodie Barker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares24/09/2016

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
Incorporated2004-09-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Pennyghael
Bowerswell Road
Perth
PH2 7DL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BARKER, Gillian Frances Brodie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2019-03-01
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2004-09-24
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2004-09-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28