ALARM SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC168495 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£1.05M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Security systems service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,048,329

Cash YoY

+11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£989k

↑ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↑ 9.4% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£1.06M	£964.2k
Current assets	£1.14M	£1.07M
Cash	£988.7k	£892.7k
Debtors	£116.2k	£139.1k
Net assets	£1.05M	£958.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2016-03-21
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2014-10-21
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officers · CH03
2005-04-04
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BELL, Heather Jean resigned
director
2001-03-12
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GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet appointed
director
1997-09-01
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HAINING, Robert James appointed
director
1996-09-24
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Company incorporated
As ALARM SYSTEMS LIMITED
1996-09-24
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GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet appointed
secretary
1996-09-24
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BELL, Graeme Wingate appointed
director
1996-09-24
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-09-24
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-09-24
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BELL, Heather Jean appointed
director
1996-09-24
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1996-09-24
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graeme Wingate Bell Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	23/09/2016

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

Incorporated1996-09-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

15 Mains Street

Lockerbie

Dumfriesshire

DG11 2DG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet→

secretary · appointed 1996-09-24

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Active

BELL, Graeme Wingate→

director · ~79y · appointed 1996-09-24

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Active

GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-03-12

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Active

HAINING, Robert James→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-09-01

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-24 · resigned 1996-09-24

Resigned

BELL, Heather Jean→

director · ~80y · appointed 1996-09-24 · resigned 2005-04-04

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-09-24 · resigned 1996-09-24

Resigned

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