ADVANCED PERIMETER SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC164963 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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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£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 employees700700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-08-11
    ➖
    ROGERSON, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-05-21
    ➕
    MURDOCH, Julie Jacqueline Carson appointed
    secretary
  6. 2025-05-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-15
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Robert Alexander appointed
    director
  12. 2022-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-11-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-11-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-11-09
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    CAMPBELL, Katherine Sheila resigned
    director
  16. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-10-14
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    THOMSON, Matthew John Brogan appointed
    director
  20. 2019-09-30
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  21. 2019-09-30
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  22. 2019-09-12
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    MOON, Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2019-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2005-03-07
    ➖
    HOWES, Graeme Kenneth resigned
    director
  26. 2002-11-22
    ➕
    HOWES, Graeme Kenneth appointed
    director
  27. 2000-10-13
    ➖
    MCMASTER, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-10-13
    ➕
    ROGERSON, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Katherine Sheila appointed
    director
  30. 1997-10-31
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  31. 1997-10-31
    ➕
    MCMASTER, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  32. 1997-03-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  33. 1996-09-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  34. 1996-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED PERIMETER SYSTEMS LIMITED
  35. 1996-04-16
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, William Hector appointed
    director
  36. 1996-04-16
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  37. 1996-04-16
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  38. 1996-04-16
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  39. 1996-04-16
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  40. 1996-04-16
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  41. 1996-04-16
    ➕
    MOON, Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 William Hector Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1942 · age 84
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Katherine Sheila Campbellceased 09/11/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Andrew Moonceased 31/03/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated1996-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

16 Cunningham Road
Springkerse Industrial Estate
Stirling
FK7 7TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

MURDOCH, Julie Jacqueline Carson→
secretary · appointed 2025-05-21
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Active
CAMPBELL, Robert Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-11-15
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Active
CAMPBELL, William Hector→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-04-16
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Active
THOMSON, Matthew John Brogan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-10-14
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Active
HENDERSON, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1997-10-31
Resigned
MCMASTER, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-31 · resigned 2000-10-13
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1996-04-16
Resigned
ROGERSON, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-13 · resigned 2025-08-11
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Katherine Sheila→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2022-11-09
Resigned
HOWES, Graeme Kenneth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-11-22 · resigned 2005-03-07
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1996-04-16
Resigned
MOON, Andrew→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 2019-09-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property13/03/1997—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property24/09/1996—
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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-10