SAND MONITORING SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC351471 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.5y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-28📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2023-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-30➖MONCUR, Alistair resigneddirector
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-01-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-11-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2008-11-21➕KINSLER, Andrew Paul appointeddirector
- 2008-11-21➖LEIPER, Pamela Summers resigneddirector
- 2008-11-21➕MONCUR, Alistair appointeddirector
- 2008-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs SAND MONITORING SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 2008-11-18➕LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-11-18➕LEIPER, Pamela Summers appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alistair Moncur Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Paul Kinsler Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100
Registered office
Johnstone House
52-54 Rose Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KINSLER, Andrew Paul→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2008-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEIPER, Pamela Summers→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2008-11-21
MONCUR, Alistair→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2008-11-21 · resigned 2022-05-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/01/2014 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 09/11/2011 | 25/11/2014 |
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Recent filings (64 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-04
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30