QUANTEM SERVICES LIMITED

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06404786 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-19

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£2.66M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Quantity surveying activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (9 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,658,944

Cash draining

Cash down 40% YoY

Cash YoY

-40%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£595k

↓ 40% YoY

Net Worth

£2.7m

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£5.0m

↑ 9.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£2.89M	£2.71M
Current assets	£5.04M	£4.61M
Cash	£594.6k	£995.9k
Debtors	£4.45M	£3.61M
Net assets	£2.66M	£2.30M

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
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MOORE, Raminta appointed
secretary
2026-05-01
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-10-16
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-20
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-09-10
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officers · AP01
2024-09-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-01
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BELL, Thomas Andrew Colin appointed
director
2024-09-01
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COLLETT, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2024-09-01
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JONES, Alexander Jack Bayston appointed
director
2024-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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capital · SH01
2023-05-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-16
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-03-30
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-15
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O'CONNOR, Kathleen Doreen appointed
secretary
2021-07-15
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BARBOUR, John resigned
secretary
2021-06-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-06-01
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JONES, Lee appointed
director
2016-12-14
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ROGAN, Michael Francis resigned
director
2007-10-19
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Company incorporated
As QUANTEM SERVICES LIMITED
2007-10-19
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BARBOUR, John appointed
director
2007-10-19
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PATERSON, Bruce Alan appointed
director
2007-10-19
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TURNER, Blake George appointed
director
2007-10-19
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BARBOUR, John appointed
secretary
2007-10-19
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A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-19
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A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-10-19
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ROGAN, Michael Francis appointed
director
2007-10-19
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A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-10-19
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A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — 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

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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.)

Group structure

Quantem Eot Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Quantem Eot Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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QUANTEM SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 06404786

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Quantem Eot Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	04/06/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Blake George Turnerceased 04/06/2021· 25-50% shares
Mr John Barbourceased 04/06/2021· 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated2007-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74902 — Quantity surveying activities

Registered office

73-75 Endell Street

London

WC2H 9AJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01