SECURE SYSTEMS ABERDEEN LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC264782 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-11

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£64.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £64,859

Net assets shrinking

Down £12,266 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£65k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£79k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£64.9k	£77.1k
Current assets	£79.5k	£82.6k
Net assets	£64.9k	£77.1k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-02
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2016-05-31
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2016-04-29
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2016-04-29
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2016-03-11
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2009-06-12
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WILSON, Colin Alexander appointed
director
2004-03-11
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Company incorporated
As SECURE SYSTEMS ABERDEEN LTD
2004-03-11
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WILSON, Colin Alexander appointed
secretary
2004-03-11
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WILSON, Sandra appointed
director
2004-03-11
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EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
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2004-03-11
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EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
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2004-03-11
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EAC SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-11
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EAC SECRETARIES LTD resigned
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2004-03-11
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EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
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2004-03-11
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EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sandra Wilson Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Colin Alexander Wilson Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-03-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

40 Regent Quay

Aberdeen

AB11 5BE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Colin Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-11

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Active

WILSON, Colin Alexander→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-06-12

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Active

WILSON, Sandra→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-03-11

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Active

EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-11 · resigned 2004-03-11

Resigned

EAC SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-11 · resigned 2004-03-11

Resigned

EAC (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-11 · resigned 2004-03-11

Resigned

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