ABOVE THE LINE SET ASSISTANCE & SECURITY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07060683 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-29
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£227k£454k£682k£909k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£1.01M
Current assets—£1.14M
Cash—£630.6k
Debtors—£432.6k
Net assets—£987.8k
Average employees105—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-12-18
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    LOCKE, Ryan John resigned
    director
  13. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ABOVE THE LINE SET ASSISTANCE & SECURITY LTD
  18. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    DE-VOS, Christian Adrian Jessy appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    O'TOOLE, Daniel Benjamin appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    LOCKE, Ryan John appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    SHAH, Ela Jayendra appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-29
    ➖
    SHAH, Ela Jayendra resigned
    director
  23. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2009-10-29
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Atl Security Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Atl Security Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ABOVE THE LINE SET ASSISTANCE & SECURITY LTD
This company · 07060683

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
Atl Security Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

4 Cross Street
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 2NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DE-VOS, Christian Adrian Jessy→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'TOOLE, Daniel Benjamin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOCKE, Ryan John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2019-12-18
Resigned
SHAH, Ela Jayendra→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2009-10-29
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2009-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-28