AG FIRE SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09014483 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-28
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£13.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,359
Cash draining
Cash down 50% YoY
Cash YoY
-50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↓ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 233% YoY
Current Assets
£73k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£29k£44k£58k£73kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£25.3k£20.3k
Current assets£72.8k£58.3k
Cash£22.3k£44.6k
Debtors£50.5k£13.6k
Net assets£13.4k£4.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-10
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  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2023-02-09
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  5. 2023-01-23
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  6. 2022-01-28
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  7. 2021-03-29
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  8. 2020-01-29
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  9. 2019-01-30
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  10. 2018-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-26
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2016-10-11
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    STEWART, Ella Diane appointed
    director
  13. 2016-09-09
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  14. 2016-05-03
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  15. 2015-07-10
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  16. 2015-05-01
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  17. 2014-05-15
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    RICHARDSON, Adrian resigned
    director
  18. 2014-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AG FIRE SOLUTIONS LTD
  19. 2014-04-28
    ➕
    STEWART, Jayne Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-04-28
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    STEWART, Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2014-04-28
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    STEWART, Jayne Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2014-04-28
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    RICHARDSON, Adrian appointed
    director

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 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Jayne Mary Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

5 Justinian Close
Haverhill
Suffolk
CB9 0NR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

STEWART, Jayne Mary→
secretary · appointed 2014-04-28
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Active
STEWART, Ella Diane→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-10-11
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Active
STEWART, Graham→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-04-28
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Active
STEWART, Jayne Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-04-28
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Active
RICHARDSON, Adrian→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-04-28 · resigned 2014-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29