24 SECURE SYSTEMS LTD

🌱Startupactive
15959303 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£102.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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 £102,130
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£102k
Current Assets
£228k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£293.1k
Current assets£228.3k
Net assets£102.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-11-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2025-11-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2025-07-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2025-07-31
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2025-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2025-05-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2025-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2025-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2025-02-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2024-12-15
    PAPHITIS, Nicola appointed
    director
  20. 2024-11-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2024-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2024-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 24 SECURE SYSTEMS LTD
  23. 2024-09-16
    PAPHITIS, Jason Nicholas David appointed
    director
  24. 2024-09-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Paphitis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38
2550%
25-50% shares15/12/2024
Mr Jason Nicholas David Paphitis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/09/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

19 Clarendon Court
Warrington
Cheshire
WA2 8QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PAPHITIS, Jason Nicholas David
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-09-16
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Active
PAPHITIS, Nicola
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-12-15
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23