247 NATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08422472 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-27
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 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£540.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 3.9y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
34 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
75
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 £540,494
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£540k
↑ 128% YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£450k£900k£1.3m£1.8m£2.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£741.5k£406.6k
Current assets£2.25M£2.18M
Cash£52.8k£37.8k
Debtors£2.20M£2.14M
Net assets£540.5k£237.4k

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

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3 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2022-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  7. 2022-01-03
    ➕
    POPOV, Marko appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-03
    ➖
    BAMBROOK, Annette resigned
    director
  9. 2022-01-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-20
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Kilvington Leslie appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BAMBROOK, Annette resigned
    secretary
  14. 2021-12-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2021-12-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-06-20
    ➕
    MCGILL, Stephen John, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-02-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2018-02-19
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    BAMBROOK, Annette appointed
    director
  23. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2013-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 247 NATIONAL LIMITED
  25. 2013-02-27
    ➕
    MCGILL, John appointed
    director
  26. 2013-02-27
    ➕
    BAMBROOK, Annette appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

Surelock Mcgill Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Surelock Mcgill Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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247 NATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 08422472

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
Surelock Mcgill Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

26 The Business Centre
Molly Millars Lane
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Kilvington Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-20
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Active
MCGILL, John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active
MCGILL, Stephen John, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-06-20
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Active
POPOV, Marko→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAMBROOK, Annette→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
BAMBROOK, Annette→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-02-19 · resigned 2022-01-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—19/05/2022—
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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-20