SELECT ELECTRICAL & SECURITY SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
NI620762 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-04
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
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (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, 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
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
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-10-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-03-31
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    NICHOLL, George Noel resigned
    director
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-31
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  13. 2019-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2016-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As SELECT ELECTRICAL & SECURITY SERVICES LTD
  19. 2013-10-04
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    DOHERTY, Ronan Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2013-10-04
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    NICHOLL, George Noel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronan Martin Doherty
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George Noel Nichollceased 31/03/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-10-04
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

9 Woodside Heights
Londonderry
BT47 2LA
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DOHERTY, Ronan Martin→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-10-04
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Active
NICHOLL, George Noel→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-10-04 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11