ABSOLUTE FIRE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04024536 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£441.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
103 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
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £441,720
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£337k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Net Worth
£442k
↑ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£394k£788k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£428.1k
Current assets—£1.97M
Cash£336.9k£364.6k
Debtors—£1.45M
Net assets£441.7k£402.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-06-02
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-06-02
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  6. 2024-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-03-08
    ➖
    REES, Andrew James resigned
    director
  12. 2020-11-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2019-07-26
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2019-07-26
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-07-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-07-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Andrew James Rees
  19. 2019-05-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-02-28
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2018-11-21
    ➕
    LEWIS, James William appointed
    director
  22. 2012-03-02
    ➖
    CUSHING, Anna Maria resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-02-13
    ➖
    LOFT, Martin resigned
    director
  24. 2008-07-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Andrew James Rees
  25. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    LOFT, Martin appointed
    director
  26. 2007-03-15
    ➕
    CUSHING, Anna Maria appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-02-27
    ➖
    REES, Joanna resigned
    secretary
  28. 2007-02-27
    ➖
    REES, Joanna resigned
    director
  29. 2000-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE FIRE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
  30. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    BUSEK, Alexander John appointed
    director
  31. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    REES, Joanna appointed
    secretary
  32. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2000-06-30
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    REES, Andrew James appointed
    director
  35. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    REES, Joanna appointed
    director
  36. 2000-06-30
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2000-06-30
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-02: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-06-02: change-of-name-notice

Group structure

Absolute Fire And Security Systems Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Absolute Fire And Security Systems Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABSOLUTE FIRE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
This company · 04024536

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Absolute Fire And Security Systems Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest01/07/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Andrew James Reesceased 01/07/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

5 Langham Park
Catteshall Lane
Godalming
Surrey
GU7 1NG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BUSEK, Alexander John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, James William→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUSHING, Anna Maria→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2012-03-02
Resigned
REES, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2007-02-27
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned
LOFT, Martin→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2009-02-13
Resigned
REES, Andrew James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2021-03-08
Resigned
REES, Joanna→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2007-02-27
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Andrew James Rees
A registered charge—01/07/2019—
satisfied
Andrew James Rees
Debenture1 property01/07/200828/02/2019
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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-02
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-01