ALERT-SCAN SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
💤Zombieactive
09563893 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£91.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £90,965
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£91k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £91.0k | £86.4k |
| Current assets | £25.0k | £18.9k |
| Net assets | £91.0k | £86.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-08📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-07-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALERT-SCAN SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
- 2015-04-27➕COCKETT, Stephen Brian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Brian Cockett Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 29/12/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Julie Barbara Cockettceased 01/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Trade services · EX postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.M.T CLEAR VIEW WINDOWS LTD→ 13158807 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AFGHAN COMMUNITY EXETER CIC→ 16046864 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALL ROUND GENERAL MAINTENANCE LTD→ 05737638 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ALL TO LOVE LTD→ 10190720 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ALLGO SERVICES LTD→ 15548996 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALPHA LIFTING SERVICES LIMITED→ 04621929 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| ALPHINGTON ROAD LIMITED→ 08580023 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ALTO LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 05885151 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| ALYSSUM (SOUTH WEST) LTD→ 11383998 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AMBASSADOR PROTECTION DOGS LIMITED→ 16812661 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMBER ASSIST LTD→ 16491871 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMEROPA UK LIMITED→ 04480076 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
Robson House
Chapel Street
Honiton
EX14 1EU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
COCKETT, Stephen Brian→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2015-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14