ALERTSYSTEMS LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
03127248 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-17
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£11.71M
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 29.9y
25/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Loss-making
Loss before tax £285,107
Revenue decline
Turnover down 12% YoY
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year
Turnover YoY
-12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11.71M | £13.27M |
| Gross profit | £3.56M | £4.42M |
| Profit before tax | £-285.1k | £516.4k |
| Average employees | 13700 | 13500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-03-29🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
- 2016-01-06🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2016-01-06🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2016-01-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2015-12-09🔒Charge registered #6Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-11-01➕TRAYLING, Ian Colin appointeddirector
- 2013-12-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2013-12-09🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Amanda May Brake
- 2013-12-06➖BRAKE, James Francis resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-06➖BRAKE, Amanda May resigneddirector
- 2013-12-06➖BRAKE, Terence John resigneddirector
- 2013-12-06➖JENNER, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2013-12-06➖PORSZ, Richard Tadeusz resigneddirector
- 2013-11-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-08-03➖BRAKE, Amanda May resignedsecretary
- 2010-08-03➕BRAKE, James Francis appointedsecretary
- 2010-08-03➕BRAKE, Amanda May appointeddirector
- 2008-12-23🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2008-04-30➖PEGRUM, Martin Dudley resigneddirector
- 2004-04-01➕BRAKE, Paul James appointeddirector
- 2002-10-31➖NUTTALL, Thomas Alfred resigneddirector
- 1998-01-01➕NUTTALL, Thomas Alfred appointeddirector
- 1998-01-01➕PORSZ, Richard Tadeusz appointeddirector
- 1997-02-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Leicestershire County Council
- 1996-09-02➕JENNER, Anthony appointeddirector
- 1996-07-31➕NICKELS, Mark Colin appointeddirector
- 1996-07-31➕BRAKE, Amanda May appointedsecretary
- 1996-07-31➖MESNARD, Paul Alan resignedsecretary
- 1996-07-31➖BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-07-31➕PEGRUM, Martin Dudley appointeddirector
- 1996-07-31➖BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1996-07-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Brunel Trustees Limited
Showing most recent 50 of 55 events
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Alertsystems Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Alertsystems Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ALERTSYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 03127248
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alertsystems Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
Alert House 1 Willowside Park
Canal Road
Trowbridge
BA14 8RH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)
BRAKE, Paul James→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NICKELS, Mark Colin→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1996-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TRAYLING, Ian Colin→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRAKE, Amanda May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-07-31 · resigned 2010-08-03
BRAKE, James Francis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2013-12-06
MESNARD, Paul Alan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1996-07-31
BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1996-07-31
BRAKE, Amanda May→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2013-12-06
BRAKE, Terence John→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 2013-12-06
JENNER, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1996-09-02 · resigned 2013-12-06
NUTTALL, Thomas Alfred→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2002-10-31
PEGRUM, Martin Dudley→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1996-07-31 · resigned 2008-04-30
PORSZ, Richard Tadeusz→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2013-12-06
BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1996-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 29/03/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 09/12/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/12/2013 | 06/01/2016 | |
| satisfied | Amanda May Brake / Terence John Brake | A registered charge | — | 09/12/2013 | 06/01/2016 | |
| satisfied | Leicestershire County Council | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 04/02/1997 | 06/01/2016 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 31/07/1996 | 23/12/2008 | |
| satisfied | Brunel Trustees / Amanda May Brake / Betty Jean Mesnard / Paul Alan Mesnard / David Frederick Naish / Terence John Brake Brunel Trustees Limited / Amanda May Brake / Betty Jean Mesnard / Paul Alan Mesnard / David Frederick Naish / Terence John Brake | Debenture | 1 property | 31/07/1996 | 16/11/2013 |
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Recent filings (136 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22