A1 GATES AND SECURITIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07411279 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-18
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£186.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £186,781
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£88k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£187k
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Assets
£140k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£37k£75k£112k£149k£187kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£195.7k£187.1k
Current assets£139.7k£175.4k
Cash£88.2k£105.3k
Debtors£12.1k£29.3k
Net assets£186.8k£180.8k

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

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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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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  2. 2024-10-01
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  3. 2023-08-24
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2022-06-30
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  8. 2022-06-30
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  9. 2021-12-20
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  10. 2021-01-05
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  11. 2019-11-25
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  12. 2018-12-07
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  13. 2017-12-22
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  14. 2016-09-16
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  15. 2015-12-11
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  16. 2014-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2011-03-01
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    BOLT, Shaun Victor Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 GATES AND SECURITIES LIMITED
  19. 2010-10-18
    ➕
    BOLT, Anne Frances appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-10-18
    ➕
    BOLT, Andrew Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-18
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    BOLT, Anne Frances appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Anne Frances Bolt
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Shaun Victor Peter Bolt
Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Peter Bolt
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2010-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

Unit 11 Lowman Way
Tiverton Business Park
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 6SR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BOLT, Anne Frances→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-18
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Active
BOLT, Andrew Peter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-10-18
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Active
BOLT, Anne Frances→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-10-18
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Active
BOLT, Shaun Victor Peter→
director · ~42y · appointed 2011-03-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/01/2014—
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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2025-10-20
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2024-11-01
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2024-10-01
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2023-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
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accounts · AA
2021-01-05