ALL SECURE SHUTTERS AND GRILLES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03133601 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-04
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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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (76/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
9
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 3 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 3 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-10
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Luke Sean resigned
    director
  5. 2026-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2026-04-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-03-20
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Luke Sean appointed
    director
  9. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2012-11-02
    ➖
    BATESON, Steven resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-01-01
    ➖
    WILBY, Suzanne resigned
    director
  20. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    BATESON, Angela resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-10-31
    ➕
    BATESON, Steven appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-01-25
    ➕
    WILBY, Suzanne appointed
    director
  23. 1995-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALL SECURE SHUTTERS AND GRILLES LIMITED
  24. 1995-12-04
    ➕
    BATESON, Steven John appointed
    director
  25. 1995-12-04
    ➕
    BATESON, Angela appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-12-04
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-12-04
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven John Bateson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Luke Sean Chapmanceased 10/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated1995-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

16 Crendon Street
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 6LW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

BATESON, Steven John→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATESON, Angela→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-04 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
BATESON, Steven→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2012-11-02
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-04 · resigned 1995-12-04
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Luke Sean→
director · ~33y · appointed 2026-03-20 · resigned 2026-04-10
Resigned
WILBY, Suzanne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-01-25 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31