ALPINE CLUB LIBRARY
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Cash
£51k
-35.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.6m
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £81,774 | £66,672 | -18.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £9,715 | £123,575 | +1,172% | |
| Cash | £79,487 | £51,119 | -35.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,467,084 | £1,590,659 | +8.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,467,084 | £1,590,659 | +8.4% | |
| Equity | £1,467,084 | £1,590,659 | +8.4% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| Wages | £34,603 | £39,990 | +15.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11.9% | 185.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.49x |
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 CLUB LIBRARY 1982-11-12 → present
- ALPINE CLUB LIBRARY LIMITED 1971-02-22 → 1982-11-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no material uncertainties about Alpine Club Library's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The establishment of the Alpine Club Heritage Board (ACHB) to ensure that the challenges associated with storage, custodianship and dissemination of the collections are responded to proactively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEREDITH, Philip George, Professor | Secretary | 2016-03-29 | — | — |
| ASHCROFT, Robin Nickel, Cllr | Director | 2018-09-25 | Nov 1956 | British |
| CAMPBELL DAVIS, Trevor Fraser | Director | 2018-09-25 | Jul 1950 | British |
| HENDERSON, Alan William | Director | 2021-01-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
| MEREDITH, Philip George, Professor | Director | 2016-03-29 | Nov 1948 | British |
| MORRISON, Kimball David Bertrand | Director | 2004-07-06 | Nov 1970 | British |
| PORTER, John Eric Denison | Director | 2024-10-08 | Oct 1946 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLENNETT, Margaret Anne | Secretary | 2003-06-10 | 2008-07-22 |
| COATSWORTH, Richard Adrian | Secretary | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-10 |
| HEWSON, Michael John | Secretary | 2008-07-22 | 2010-08-01 |
| HUGHES, Luke Alexander | Secretary | 2000-04-18 | 2002-06-01 |
| JACKSON, William Roland Cedric, Sir | Secretary | 2011-09-23 | 2016-03-29 |
| LEDEBOER, John Peter | Secretary | — | 2000-04-18 |
| LLOYD, Hywel Richard | Secretary | 2010-09-22 | 2011-09-23 |
| BAND, George Christopher | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2005-04-12 |
| BERG, Peter Torsten | Director | 2002-04-23 | 2005-04-12 |
| BRACE, Stephen | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2007-04-16 |
| CLENNETT, Margaret Anne | Director | — | 2004-03-01 |
| COATSWORTH, Richard Adrian | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2005-04-12 |
| COX, Neil Peter | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2021-01-01 |
| DUNLOP, Jayne Alexandra | Director | 1994-04-19 | 1994-12-30 |
| FITZHUGH, Christoph Bodwin | Director | 2002-11-03 | 2004-05-04 |
| GRIGOR TAYLOR, Barbara Ann | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2024-10-08 |
| HARE, Susan Jane | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2018-09-25 |
| HUGHES, Luke Alexander | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2004-05-04 |
| LAWFORD, Anna | Director | 2008-07-22 | 2012-12-11 |
| LAWFORD, Robert | Director | — | 1992-03-26 |
| LLOYD, Hywel Richard | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2018-09-25 |
| LOVATT, David Jeremy | Director | 1992-03-26 | 2021-10-12 |
| MACLEOD, Alasdair Duncan | Director | 2007-04-16 | 2010-09-01 |
| MELLOR, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2010-08-20 |
| MELLOR, Jonathan Robert | Director | — | 1992-03-26 |
| MILLS, Jonty Mark | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2008-07-22 |
| NEATE, Jill | Director | — | 1992-03-26 |
| PEACOCK, John Douglas Collins, Colonel | Director | 1992-03-26 | 2000-04-18 |
| RAE, Eugene Martin | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2018-09-25 |
| RAE, Eugene Martin | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2011-10-28 |
| ROWE, Rachel Margaret | Director | 1995-09-26 | 1996-10-18 |
| RUSSELL, Christopher Alan | Director | — | 2000-04-18 |
| TEMPLEMAN, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 2002-04-01 |
| TOWN, John | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2016-03-29 |
| TURNBULL, Oliver | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2002-05-26 |
| VENABLES, Stephen | Director | 2021-10-12 | 2024-10-28 |
| WESTMACOTT, Michael Horatio | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2005-04-12 |
| WESTMACOTT, Michael Horatio | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Club | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2026-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.