A2Z SECURITY SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
09185324 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-21
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
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-98.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £98,186
Very low cash
Cash position: £32
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£98k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£98k-£77k-£56k-£36k-£15k£6kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-75.6k£-68.1k
Current assets£6.2k£6.2k
Cash£32£32
Debtors£6.2k£6.2k
Net assets£-98.2k£-93.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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  2. 2026-05-13
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  3. 2026-05-13
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  4. 2026-05-13
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  5. 2025-08-29
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  6. 2024-08-30
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  7. 2023-05-30
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  8. 2022-08-30
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  9. 2021-05-27
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  10. 2020-06-29
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  11. 2019-08-31
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  12. 2019-05-31
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-10-24
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    address · AD01
  14. 2018-05-31
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  15. 2017-05-26
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  16. 2015-03-01
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    QURESHI, Muhammad Asad resigned
    director
  17. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    ABBAS, Jamshaid appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    MUFTI, Muzammil Iqbal appointed
    director
  19. 2014-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A2Z SECURITY SERVICES LTD.
  20. 2014-08-21
    ➕
    QURESHI, Muhammad Asad appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Jamshaid Abbas
Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/08/2016
Mr Muzammil Iqbal Mufti
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/08/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

86 - 90 Paul St, London Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ABBAS, Jamshaid→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUFTI, Muzammil Iqbal→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Muhammad Asad→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-08-21 · resigned 2015-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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2024-10-05
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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2022-09-23
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accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-19