ABSOLUTE ALARMS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03213266 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-18

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	—	£26.2k
Current assets	—	£109.9k
Cash	—	£64.8k
Debtors	—	£27.1k
Net assets	—	£5.7k
Average employees	10	—

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

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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accounts · AA
2024-02-05
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accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-01-17
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accounts · AA
2018-11-21
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accounts · AA
2018-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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2015-12-22
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accounts · AA
2015-07-20
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2015-03-24
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2015-03-24
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officers · CH03
1996-06-18
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTE ALARMS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED
1996-06-18
➕
PHILLIPS, Pamela Jane appointed
secretary
1996-06-18
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PHILLIPS, Glen appointed
director
1996-06-18
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-06-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Glen Phillips Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/06/2016
Mrs Pamela Jane Phillips Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/06/2016

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

Incorporated1996-06-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lakeview House

4 Woodbrook Crescent

Billericay

Essex

CM12 0EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-02

Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Pamela Jane→

secretary · appointed 1996-06-18

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Active

PHILLIPS, Glen→

director · ~60y · appointed 1996-06-18

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-18 · resigned 1996-06-18

Resigned

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