QUANTUM DATA SOLUTIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC200954 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-22
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 23.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.66M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 23.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,664,088
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£557k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£775k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£333k£666k£998k£1.3m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.74M£1.67M
Current assets£774.6k£882.4k
Cash£557.0k£650.8k
Debtors£171.7k£191.2k
Net assets£1.66M£1.58M

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 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-02-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  3. 2026-01-23
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2026-01-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-10-28
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  6. 2024-12-23
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  7. 2023-12-21
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  8. 2022-10-26
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  9. 2021-12-22
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  10. 2020-11-04
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  11. 2019-12-19
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  12. 2018-12-18
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  13. 2017-12-20
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  14. 2016-12-14
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  15. 2016-01-22
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  16. 2015-12-16
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  17. 2015-11-20
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    address · AD01
  18. 2014-08-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2002-06-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 1999-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As QUANTUM DATA SOLUTIONS LTD.
  21. 1999-10-22
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Vivien appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-10-22
    ➕
    ARTHUR, David Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 1999-10-22
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Vivien appointed
    director
  24. 1999-10-22
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-10-22
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  26. 1999-10-22
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-10-22
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 60 — 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 60. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Alexander Arthur
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Vivien Arthur
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-10-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Burnside Business Park
Burnside Road
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 3AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ARTHUR, Vivien→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARTHUR, David Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-10-22
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Active
ARTHUR, Vivien→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-10-22
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-22 · resigned 1999-10-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-22 · resigned 1999-10-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/08/201417/02/2026
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property13/06/200223/01/2026

Recent filings (73 total)

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mortgage · MR04
2026-02-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19