ALARMCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335939 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-09
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
£-33.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £33,476

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£85k
Net Worth
-£33k
Current Assets
£434k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£4.6k
Current assets£433.8k
Cash£85.2k
Debtors£346.4k
Net assets£-33.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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  3. 2025-06-17
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  4. 2024-12-24
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  5. 2024-11-11
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  6. 2023-12-18
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  7. 2022-12-21
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  8. 2021-12-17
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  9. 2021-03-25
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  10. 2020-02-04
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  11. 2019-12-24
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  12. 2018-12-20
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  13. 2017-12-28
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  14. 2017-01-13
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  15. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-03-31
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    ANDERSON, Carol appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-03-31
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    STEVENSON, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-31
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    STEVENSON, Andrew resigned
    director
  19. 2008-12-31
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    FOSTER, Derek appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-01
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    ANDERSON, Carol appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALARMCO LIMITED
  22. 2008-01-09
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    ANDERSON, David appointed
    director
  23. 2008-01-09
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-01-09
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2008-01-09
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2008-01-09
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    STEVENSON, Andrew 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
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
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.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4d Auchingramont Road
Hamilton
ML3 6JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Carol→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
ANDERSON, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-01-09
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Active
FOSTER, Derek→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-12-31
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Active
STEVENSON, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-09 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-09 · resigned 2008-01-09
Resigned
STEVENSON, Andrew→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-01-09 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
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accounts · AA
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19