ALPINE FIRE ENGINEERS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-08 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£13M

-6.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£18M

+67.3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

135

+16.4% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£8M

-6.1% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

ALPINE FIRE ENGINEERS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=9231

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£55,983,531	£63,697,628
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£8,836,857	£8,054,123
Profit before tax	£642,549	—	£2,219,754	—	£3,973,963	—	£6,631,688	—	£9,003,894	£8,454,234
Net profit	£577,586	—	—	—	£3,495,502	—	£5,458,863	—	£7,317,705	£7,363,697
Cash	£1,265,809	—	£7,907,406	—	£4,298,507	—	£4,774,309	—	£13,793,992	£12,943,305
Total assets less current liabilities	£3,859,942	—	£7,249,435	—	£9,105,928	—	£3,686,989	—	£12,646,320	£19,964,374
Net assets	£3,707,050	—	£5,562,940	—	£9,058,442	—	£3,627,567	—	£10,945,272	£18,308,969
Equity	£3,707,050	—	£5,562,940	£5,562,940	£9,058,442	£9,058,442	£3,627,567	£3,627,567	£10,945,272	£18,308,969
Average employees	59	—	65	—	80	—	96	—	116	135
Wages	£2,529,143	—	£3,160,059	—	£3,983,607	—	£5,454,741	—	£5,536,319	£6,860,007
Directors' remuneration	£544,699	—	£803,207	—	£858,936	—	£1,166,737	—	£590,127	£551,042

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+13.8%

£55,983,531 £63,697,628
Cash

-6.2%

£13,793,992 £12,943,305
Net assets

+67.3%

£10,945,272 £18,308,969

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+16.4%

116 135

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-8.9%

£8,836,857 £8,054,123
Profit before tax

-6.1%

£9,003,894 £8,454,234
Wages

+23.9%

£5,536,319 £6,860,007

highest in 6 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15.8%	12.6%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13.1%	11.6%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69.9%	40.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.76x	1.89x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	51981.51x	—

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

ALPINE FIRE ENGINEERS LIMITED 1992-03-19 → present
COUNTERFOCUS LIMITED 1992-02-28 → 1992-03-19

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Hurst Accountants Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“There have been no significant post balance sheet events affecting the company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BRADLEY, Richard	Director	2023-02-20	Nov 1979	British
BRENNAN, Robert John	Director	2018-03-27	Mar 1975	British
HARGREAVES, Martin Donald	Director	2024-06-04	Jul 1966	British
NANDA, Steven	Director	2018-03-27	Mar 1966	British
OWENS, Claire	Director	2024-11-04	Jun 1983	British
PLANT, Louise	Director	2019-12-01	Oct 1967	British
THEWLIS, Mark William	Director	2018-03-27	Mar 1975	British

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SMITH, Glenda	Secretary	1992-03-10	2007-09-19
SMITH, Melissa Jayne	Secretary	2007-09-19	2018-03-27
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1992-02-28	1992-03-10
GRAHAM, Stephen Harry Temple	Director	2007-09-17	2022-12-22
JONES, Mark Andrew	Director	2020-08-28	2024-06-04
MACLEOD, Burton James	Director	2018-11-30	2020-08-28
SMITH, David	Director	2001-10-24	2022-12-22
SMITH, Edward	Director	1992-03-10	2018-03-27
SMITH, Glenda	Director	—	2018-03-27
SMITH, Melissa Jayne	Director	2005-03-18	2018-03-27
STANSFIELD, Jonathan Mark	Director	1999-02-10	1999-11-20
STANSFIELD, Mark	Director	2005-05-26	2005-08-26
STEEL, David Alexander John	Director	2018-03-27	2022-12-22
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1992-02-28	1992-03-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Alpine Bidco Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2018-03-27	Active
Mr David Smith	Individual	Shares 50–75%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-03-27

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 144 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-01-12 MA Memorandum articles
2023-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-29	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-11-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-02-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-02-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-01-26	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-12	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2023-01-12	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-01-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-12-29	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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