ABOUT THAT SECURITY LTD

🌱Startupactive
16218064 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-30
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: General public administration activities
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2026-02-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-02-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-02-12
    DURLING, Alex resigned
    director
  6. 2026-02-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-02-12
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABOUT THAT SECURITY LTD
  9. 2025-01-30
    WILLIAMS, Brian appointed
    director
  10. 2025-01-30
    DURLING, Alex appointed
    director
  11. 2025-01-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-12

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Williams
Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
sig. influencesignificant influence30/01/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alex Durlingceased 12/02/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Similar companies

Active · Other · PE postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A M I PRODUCTIONS LTD
14756356 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
A.R STUDHOLME MAINTENANCE LTD
15895557 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
AGRI STYLE LTD
14248083 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SALES LIMITED
07310818 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
AIRLINES 4 DIALOGUE LIMITED
05882574 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
19y
ALL EIGHT GROUP LTD
15557270 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
ALL EIGHT LTD
15559084 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
ALL KIND SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
10212766 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
ALLISON HOMES (PINCHBECK) LIMITED
09885420 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
ALTO ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
08388170 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
ALULIVING LTD
12643215 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
AMER INVESTMENTS LLP
OC332164 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
18y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 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
Incorporated2025-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84110 — General public administration activities

Registered office

366 Lincoln Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 2NA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-12OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Brian
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURLING, Alex
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-01-30 · resigned 2026-02-12
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-30