AFFIANCE INTEGRATED SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07187375 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-12
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
47 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-03-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-01-07
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    GLASS, Julia appointed
    director
  17. 2010-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AFFIANCE INTEGRATED SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2010-03-12
    ➕
    GLASS, Andrew William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew William Glass
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

11 Dunheved Road
Launceston
PL15 9JE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GLASS, Andrew William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-03-12
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GLASS, Julia→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-01-07
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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29