10 QUINTON STREET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04388247 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-06

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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2024-12-15
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2023-12-26
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accounts · AA
2022-12-27
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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officers · TM01
2019-12-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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officers · AP01
2019-11-18
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MONAGHAN, Ursula Mary appointed
director
2019-11-18
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PRAGNELL, Mary Jane Elizabeth resigned
director
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-12-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-30
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annual-return · AR01
2008-11-15
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PRAGNELL, Mary Jane Elizabeth appointed
director
2006-10-18
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WINTON, George Edward resigned
director
2002-03-06
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Company incorporated
As 10 QUINTON STREET LIMITED
2002-03-06
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O'CONNOR, Jane Louise appointed
secretary
2002-03-06
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O'CONNOR, Jane Louise appointed
director
2002-03-06
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-03-06
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-03-06
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WINTON, George Edward appointed
director
2002-03-06
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STL DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-03-06
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STL DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Jane Louise O'Connor Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Ursula Mary Monaghan Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	18/11/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Mary Jane Elizabeth Pragnellceased 18/11/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2002-03-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Moorhatch Church Hill

Horsell

Woking

Surrey

GU21 4QE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

O'CONNOR, Jane Louise→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-06

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Active

MONAGHAN, Ursula Mary→

director · ~69y · appointed 2019-11-18

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Active

O'CONNOR, Jane Louise→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-03-06

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Active

STL SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2002-03-06

Resigned

PRAGNELL, Mary Jane Elizabeth→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-15 · resigned 2019-11-18

Resigned

WINTON, George Edward→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2006-10-18

Resigned

STL DIRECTORS LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2002-03-06

Resigned

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