NOREMAC SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC528097 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-29
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£750.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £750,257
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£515k
↓ 4.3% YoY
Net Worth
£750k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£686k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £750.3k | £700.7k |
| Current assets | £686.4k | £686.1k |
| Cash | £514.7k | £538.1k |
| Debtors | £171.7k | £148.1k |
| Net assets | £750.3k | £700.7k |
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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-01➕MCGINNIS, Marc James appointeddirector
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-02-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-12📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-05-10📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-29🏢Company incorporatedAs NOREMAC SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2016-02-29➕DALZIEL, Cameron appointedsecretary
- 2016-02-29➕DALZIEL, Cameron 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Cameron Dalziel Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 01/02/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Cameron Dalzielceased 01/02/2024· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities
Registered office
Suite 3.10 Dalziel Building
7 Scott Street
Motherwell
ML1 1PN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
DALZIEL, Cameron→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGINNIS, Marc James→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2025-11-01
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11