ABERDEEN ALARM COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333480 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£2.37M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,366,224

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
Net Worth
£2.4m
Current Assets
£3.1m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£2.49M
Current assets£3.12M
Cash£2.24M
Debtors£713.4k
Net assets£2.37M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 2 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-02-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-02-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-02-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-11-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2025-11-10
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  8. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2021-08-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-29
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  19. 2017-11-30
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    GLENNIE, Derek Nigel resigned
    director
  20. 2014-09-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee for Each Group Member)
  21. 2014-04-06
    ➕
    GLENNIE, Derek Nigel appointed
    director
  22. 2013-01-30
    ➕
    LEVER, Philip Forbes appointed
    director
  23. 2012-06-20
    ➖
    FYFE, Ricky resigned
    director
  24. 2012-06-20
    ➖
    LEVER, Philip Forbes resigned
    director
  25. 2007-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABERDEEN ALARM COMPANY LIMITED
  26. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    BROOKS, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    BROOKS, Gordon appointed
    director
  28. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    FYFE, Ricky appointed
    director
  29. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    LEVER, Philip Forbes appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Entro Service Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Entro Service Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABERDEEN ALARM COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC333480

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
Entro Service Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/02/2026
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Brooksceased 13/02/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Philip Forbes Leverceased 13/02/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Derek Nigel Glennieceased 30/11/2017· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Craigshaw Road
West Tullos Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB12 3AS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROOKS, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, Gordon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-11-06
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Active
LEVER, Philip Forbes→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-01-30
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Active
FYFE, Ricky→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2012-06-20
Resigned
GLENNIE, Derek Nigel→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-04-06 · resigned 2017-11-30
Resigned
LEVER, Philip Forbes→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2012-06-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee for Each Group Member)
A registered charge—24/09/201420/08/2021

Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-10
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-11-10
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-19