LEGION PROTECTION SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC795766 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-18
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£3.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,920

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
£4k
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£3.9k
Current assets£3.9k
Cash£3.4k
Debtors£483
Net assets£3.9k

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

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

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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 (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LEGION PROTECTION SERVICES LTD
  4. 2024-01-18
    AL-ALAWI, Aliya appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-18
    AL-ALAWI, Yusif-Aman appointed
    director
  6. 2024-01-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yusif-Aman Al-Alawi
Individual · British · DOB 10/2000 · age 26
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/01/2024
Mrs Aliya Al-Alawi
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/01/2024

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
Incorporated2024-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

East Carraig Main Road
Westmuir
Kirrirmuir
DD8 5LP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AL-ALAWI, Aliya
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-01-18
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Active
AL-ALAWI, Yusif-Aman
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-01-18
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-18