R&A FIRE & SECURITY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC694918 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-41.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £41,833
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£42k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-41.7k | £-40.5k |
| Current assets | — | £143.7k |
| Debtors | £151.3k | £143.7k |
| Net assets | £-41.8k | £-42.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-31➖AGNEW, David Paul resigneddirector
- 2025-08-29➖KEARY, Ryan Stewart resigneddirector
- 2025-04-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-02-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-15➖ROWNEY, Alan Gilmour, Executors Of resigneddirector
- 2024-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-07📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-10-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-06➕CAMPBELL, Hugh appointeddirector
- 2022-10-06➕KEARY, Ryan Stewart appointeddirector
- 2021-04-07🏢Company incorporatedAs R&A FIRE & SECURITY LTD
- 2021-04-07➕MCKALE, David Joseph appointeddirector
- 2021-04-07➕AGNEW, David Paul appointeddirector
- 2021-04-07➕ROWNEY, Alan Gilmour, Executors Of appointeddirector
- 2021-04-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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: AGNEW, David Paul resigned 2026-01-31; KEARY, Ryan Stewart resigned 2025-08-29
Group structure
R & A Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
R & A Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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R&A FIRE & SECURITY LTD
This company · SC694918
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
R & A Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/04/2021 |
Mr David Joseph Mckale Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/04/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr David Paul Agnewceased 31/01/2026· significant influence
- Executors Of Alan Gilmour Rowneyceased 15/12/2024· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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
Incorporated2021-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
22 Clydesdale Street
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 0DA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
CAMPBELL, Hugh→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKALE, David Joseph→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AGNEW, David Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2021-04-07 · resigned 2026-01-31
KEARY, Ryan Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-10-06 · resigned 2025-08-29
ROWNEY, Alan Gilmour, Executors Of→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-04-07 · resigned 2024-12-15
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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 The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29