SENSALERT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC342266 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-02
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.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 85
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100—
Cash£100£100
Net assets£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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-09
    ➖
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2026-05-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  5. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-24
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  8. 2020-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-03-04
    ➖
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-05-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SENSALERT LIMITED
  20. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    KONG, Andrew Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert appointed
    secretary

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alasdair Lamont Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Steven Kong
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-05-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

9 Nethertownbroad Street
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

KONG, Andrew Steven→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Charles Robert→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned
WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-01 · resigned 2026-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-26