ALPHA SECURITY TRAINING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12950380 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-14
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81100SIC 81100
- 84250SIC 84250
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10➕SMURTHWAITE, Tobias appointeddirector
- 2023-07-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPHA SECURITY TRAINING LIMITED
- 2020-10-14➕STOBBS, Joanna Gayle appointeddirector
- 2020-10-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
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Ms Joanna Gayle Stobbs Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/10/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
15a North Road
Durham
DH1 4SH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SMURTHWAITE, Tobias→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2023-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STOBBS, Joanna Gayle→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (16 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-05