ALARM MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222872 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees161300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-03-31
    ➕
    BACCETTI, Stephane Alexandre appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-31
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Kevin Lorne appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-31
    ➖
    NICOL, Arthur John resigned
    director
  9. 2023-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-03-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2023-03-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-07-19
    ➖
    NICOL, Gary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALARM MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2001-09-05
    ➕
    NICOL, Gary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-09-05
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-09-05
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-09-05
    ➕
    NICOL, Arthur John appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-05
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-09-05
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Scutum Group Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Scutum Group Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALARM MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC222872

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scutum Group Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Arthur John Nicolceased 31/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 Wellington Circle
Altens
Aberdeen
AB12 3JG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BACCETTI, Stephane Alexandre→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Kevin Lorne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOL, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-05 · resigned 2012-07-19
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-05 · resigned 2001-09-05
Resigned
NICOL, Arthur John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-05 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-05 · resigned 2001-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06