SENSORY SYSTEMS (N L P) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC126328 · ltd · incorporated 1990-07-17

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	100	100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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2023-03-24
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2022-03-28
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2021-04-26
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2020-07-17
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2019-06-24
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2018-05-31
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2017-05-16
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2016-05-04
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2015-07-21
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2015-04-30
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2014-07-18
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2014-04-29
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2001-08-03
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WATSON, Kate appointed
secretary
2001-08-03
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MCKEAN, Marie resigned
secretary
1995-12-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1995-09-26
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MCWHIRTER, John resigned
secretary
1994-09-26
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MCKEAN, Marie appointed
secretary
1994-09-26
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FLOOD, Carolyn resigned
director
1991-03-01
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FLOOD, Carolyn appointed
director
1991-03-01
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MONTEIRO, William Orlando resigned
director
1990-07-18
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MCWHIRTER, John appointed
director
1990-07-18
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MCWHIRTER, John appointed
secretary
1990-07-18
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1990-07-18
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MONTEIRO, William Orlando appointed
director
1990-07-18
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1990-07-17
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Company incorporated
As SENSORY SYSTEMS (N L P) LIMITED
1990-07-17
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1990-07-17
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Mcwhirter Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/07/2016

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

Incorporated1990-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

162 Queens Drive

Glasgow

G42 8QN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

WATSON, Kate→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-03

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Active

MCWHIRTER, John→

director · ~68y · appointed 1990-07-18

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Active

MCKEAN, Marie→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-26 · resigned 2001-08-03

Resigned

MCWHIRTER, John→

secretary · appointed 1990-07-18 · resigned 1995-09-26

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-07-17 · resigned 1990-07-18

Resigned

FLOOD, Carolyn→

director · ~75y · appointed 1991-03-01 · resigned 1994-09-26

Resigned

MONTEIRO, William Orlando→

director · ~78y · appointed 1990-07-18 · resigned 1991-03-01

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1990-07-17 · resigned 1990-07-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	28/12/1995	—

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