SIGNAL SECURITIES LIMITED

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04307388 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,725
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 131% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6.2k£10.6k
Current assets£22.7k£34.7k
Cash£21.1k£26.9k
Debtors£1.2k£7.3k
Net assets£3.7k£1.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-01-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-07-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2001-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SIGNAL SECURITIES LIMITED
  18. 2001-10-19
    ➕
    BODDINGTON, Deborah Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-10-19
    ➕
    BODDINGTON, Darren William appointed
    director
  20. 2001-10-19
    ➕
    BODDINGTON, Deborah Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2001-10-19
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-10-19
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-10-19
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 2001-10-19
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Darren William Boddington
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

Nether End 2 Warton Lane
Austrey
Atherstone
CV9 3EJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BODDINGTON, Deborah Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-19
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Active
BODDINGTON, Darren William→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BODDINGTON, Deborah Ann→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-19 · resigned 2001-10-19
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2001-10-19 · resigned 2001-10-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/07/2010—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19