NORTHERN SECURITY ALARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC360726 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2900 | 2400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-08-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-08-26📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-08-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-08-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-29➖MACDONALD, Angus resigneddirector
- 2025-05-29➖MACDONALD, Ruth resigneddirector
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-25➕MACDONALD, Andrew Martin appointeddirector
- 2012-03-30➕MACDONALD, Graeme appointeddirector
- 2009-07-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-06-05🏢Company incorporatedAs NORTHERN SECURITY ALARMS LIMITED
- 2009-06-05➕MACDONALD, Angus appointeddirector
- 2009-06-05➕MACDONALD, Ruth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: MACDONALD, Angus resigned 2025-05-29; MACDONALD, Ruth resigned 2025-05-29
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Graeme Norman Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/08/2025 |
Mr Andrew Martin Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/08/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Ruth Macdonaldceased 22/08/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Angus Macdonaldceased 22/08/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
15 Henderson Drive
Longman Industrial Estate
Inverness
Highlands
IV1 1TR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MACDONALD, Andrew Martin→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2019-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACDONALD, Graeme→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACDONALD, Angus→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2009-06-05 · resigned 2025-05-29
MACDONALD, Ruth→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-06-05 · resigned 2025-05-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 24/07/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-28
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-08-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28