QUALITY TRAINING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC192934 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-27

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 26.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£17.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62090Other information technology service activities

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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £17,023

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£17k

↑ 109% YoY

Current Assets

£70k

↑ 99% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£17.0k	£8.2k
Current assets	£70.2k	£35.4k
Net assets	£17.0k	£8.2k

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2022-01-27
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2020-01-20
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2019-01-24
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2010-03-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-05-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-06-16
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MALONE, Patricia Jane appointed
director
1999-01-27
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Company incorporated
As QUALITY TRAINING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
1999-01-27
➕
MALONE, Patricia Jane appointed
secretary
1999-01-27
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MALONE, Andrew David appointed
director
1999-01-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-01-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-01-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-01-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 27 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

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Mr Andrew David Malone Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	30/06/2016
Mrs Patricia Jane Malone Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated1999-01-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Kildonan

George Street

Alva

By Stirling

FK12 5AS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MALONE, Patricia Jane→

secretary · appointed 1999-01-27

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Active

MALONE, Andrew David→

director · ~62y · appointed 1999-01-27

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Active

MALONE, Patricia Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-06-16

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-01-27

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-01-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	18/05/2000	04/03/2010