LOGIC ALARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC211267 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.90M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

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

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,900,545

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£710k

Net Worth

£1.9m

Current Assets

£1.9m

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£2.05M	—
Current assets	£1.88M	—
Cash	£709.9k	—
Debtors	£740.6k	—
Net assets	£1.90M	—
Average employees	—	3100

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.

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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 (46 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
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officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-04
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officers · AP03
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2025-02-03
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MACKENZIE, Hazel Janette appointed
secretary
2025-02-03
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MACKENZIE, Hazel Janette appointed
director
2025-02-03
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne resigned
secretary
2025-02-03
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne resigned
director
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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WILSON, Julie Amanda resigned
director
2022-01-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-05
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officers · CH01
2022-01-05
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officers · CH01
2022-01-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-09
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address · AD01
2021-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-12-03
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne appointed
director
2021-11-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-11-05
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-11-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-03
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MACDONALD, Alan James appointed
director
2021-11-03
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MACKENZIE, Hazel resigned
secretary
2021-11-03
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne appointed
secretary
2016-04-30
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne resigned
secretary
2015-11-17
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MACKENZIE, Laura Anne appointed
secretary
2015-09-30
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WILSON, Julie Amanda appointed
director
2015-04-24
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MACKENZIE, David John appointed
director
2015-04-24
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MACKENZIE, Gary Michael appointed
director
2015-04-24
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MACKENZIE, Hazel Janette resigned
director
2015-01-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-03-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2000-09-22
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Company incorporated
As LOGIC ALARMS LIMITED
2000-09-22
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MACKENZIE, Ian appointed
director
2000-09-22
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MACKENZIE, Hazel appointed
secretary
2000-09-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-22
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MACKENZIE, Hazel Janette appointed
director
2000-09-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

Group structure

Logic Alarms (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Logic Alarms (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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LOGIC ALARMS LIMITED

This company · SC211267

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Logic Alarms (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	22/09/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Mackenzieceased 22/09/2018· 50-75% 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

Incorporated2000-09-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

Fingask

22 Tomich

Beauly

IV4 7AS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-06

Last: 2025-09-22