VISION SECURE LIMITED
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £32.9k | £69.2k |
| Current assets | £63.7k | £82.2k |
| Cash | £48.5k | — |
| Debtors | £15.2k | — |
| Net assets | £16.6k | £33.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2003-07-31➕PUGH, Angela appointeddirector
- 2000-07-17🏢Company incorporatedAs VISION SECURE LIMITED
- 2000-07-17➕PUGH, Angela appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-17➕PUGH, David Glyn appointeddirector
- 2000-07-17➕ISLAM, Atiqual appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-17➖ISLAM, Atiqual resignedsecretary
- 2000-07-17➕ISLAM, Khadimul appointeddirector
- 2000-07-17➖ISLAM, Khadimul resigneddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Glyn Pugh Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Angela Pugh Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Angela Pughceased 01/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr David Glyn Pughceased 01/10/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
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