SAAB FIRE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC684659 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-29
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,406
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£616
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
-£1k
↑ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£6k£61£6k£13k£19k£25kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-1.4k£-6.2k
Current assets£25.0k£14.5k
Cash£616£506
Debtors£24.4k£14.0k
Net assets£-1.4k£-6.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SAAB FIRE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LTD
  6. 2020-12-29
    BELLO, Sulaiman Adesegun Adebayo appointed
    director
  7. 2020-12-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sulaiman Adesegun Adebayo Bello
Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45
75100%
75-100% shares29/12/2020

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
Incorporated2020-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

221 Trossachs Road Rutherglen
Glasgow
G73 5PE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BELLO, Sulaiman Adesegun Adebayo
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-12-29
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-12-29