A&R NATIONAL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC747631 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£531
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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 acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
15 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
60
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £531
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£18k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£531
↑ 883% YoY
Current Assets
£222k
↑ 163% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £34.6k | £54 |
| Current assets | £221.8k | £84.3k |
| Cash | £17.5k | £20.8k |
| Debtors | £204.2k | £63.4k |
| Net assets | £531 | £54 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-18📄dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS02
- 2026-02-10📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2026-02-04📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2025-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-29➕ALEXANDER, Mark Daniel John appointeddirector
- 2024-04-29➖ALEXANDER, Gemma resigneddirector
- 2022-10-18🏢Company incorporatedAs A&R NATIONAL LTD
- 2022-10-18➕RUGG, Craig appointeddirector
- 2022-10-18➕ALEXANDER, Gemma appointeddirector
- 2022-10-18📄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
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 Mark Daniel John Alexander Individual · British · DOB 11/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/04/2024 |
Mr Craig Rugg Individual · British · DOB 05/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/10/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Gemma Alexanderceased 29/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated2022-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities
Registered office
4 Meadowbank Place
Edinburgh
EH8 7AW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ALEXANDER, Mark Daniel John→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-04-29
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Active
ALEXANDER, Gemma→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2022-10-18 · resigned 2024-04-29
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Recent filings (15 total)
dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS02
2026-02-18
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-02-10
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-18