3 ALARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05345120 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£19.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 80200Security systems service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,538
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,328 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£39k£51k£64kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£19.5k£43.9k
Current assets£59.7k£64.3k
Cash£58.1k£61.6k
Debtors£590£1.1k
Net assets£19.5k£43.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-11
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  4. 2023-01-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-01-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-02
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2017-09-15
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2017-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2005-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 ALARMS LIMITED
  18. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Jacqueline Michelle appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Andrew William appointed
    director
  20. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Jacqueline Michelle appointed
    director
  21. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-01-27
    ➖
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-01-27
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Michelle Austin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew William Austin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jacqueline Michelle Austinceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

37-38 Market Street
Ferryhill
County Durham
DL17 8JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AUSTIN, Jacqueline Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-27
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Active
AUSTIN, Andrew William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-01-27
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Active
AUSTIN, Jacqueline Michelle→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-01-27
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Active
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2005-01-27
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2005-01-27
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 property23/02/2005—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31