A.R.P. SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01806089 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-04

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1700	1700

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-14
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incorporation · MA
2025-10-10
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capital · SH08
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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officers · CH01
2023-12-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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PEARSON, Ross appointed
director
2016-03-01
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PEARSON, Jaqueline Mary appointed
director
2009-04-18
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PEARSON, Betty resigned
director
2009-03-01
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PEARSON, Tomas Andrew appointed
director
1984-04-04
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Company incorporated
As A.R.P. SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Tomas Andrew Pearson Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/09/2025
Mr Ross Pearson Individual · British · DOB 05/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/09/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Robert Pearsonceased 29/09/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

Incorporated1984-04-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

31 Edwards Road

Pye Nest

Halifax

HX2 7DG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-13

Last: 2025-09-29