ALAN QUARTERMAINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04584450 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-07
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100100

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-12
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-29
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-10-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-10-28
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    BETTS, Heather Alison appointed
    director
  13. 2020-10-28
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    QUARTERMAINE, Carol Ann resigned
    secretary
  14. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2002-11-30
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    QUARTERMAINE, Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2002-11-30
    ➕
    QUARTERMAINE, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-11-12
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-11-12
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN QUARTERMAINE LIMITED
  23. 2002-11-07
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-07
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "QUARTERMAINE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Quatemaine
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/11/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

The Green Dragon Inn
Combe St. Nicholas
Chard
TA20 3NG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BETTS, Heather Alison→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUARTERMAINE, Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUARTERMAINE, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-30 · resigned 2020-10-28
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-12
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-16