SSQC LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC207274 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-05-12
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 24.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
33 officers (2 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
140 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees10001000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2025-12-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-04-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2025-04-30
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    Charge satisfied #3
  7. 2025-04-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2025-03-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2025-03-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-08-14
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    CUMMING, Grant resigned
    director
  14. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-05-18
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    DRUMMOND, Gordon John resigned
    director
  18. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-05-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-05-13
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    SANDISON, David Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-05-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  24. 2015-03-04
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    WATSON, Louise resigned
    secretary
  25. 2014-01-16
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    CUMMING, Grant appointed
    director
  26. 2013-09-11
    ➖
    STARK, Michael Otto Philipp resigned
    director
  27. 2012-05-12
    ➖
    OROURKE, Niall resigned
    secretary
  28. 2012-05-12
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    WATSON, Louise appointed
    secretary
  29. 2012-03-19
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    HENDERSON, Ruth Agnes appointed
    director
  30. 2012-03-19
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    HENRY, James Herculson resigned
    director
  31. 2012-01-19
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    BLACK, John Hansen resigned
    director
  32. 2011-09-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: David Alexander Sandison & Others
  33. 2011-06-29
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    LAURENSON, Lindsay resigned
    director
  34. 2011-02-01
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    DRUMMOND, Gordon John appointed
    director
  35. 2011-01-24
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    NICOLSON, Arthur Benjamin resigned
    director
  36. 2011-01-12
    ➖
    HAWKINS, Iris Jean resigned
    director
  37. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Arthur Benjamin appointed
    director
  38. 2010-10-05
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Ruth resigned
    director
  39. 2010-03-15
    ➕
    LAURENSON, Lindsay appointed
    director
  40. 2010-01-22
    ➖
    ANGUS, Lindsay James resigned
    director
  41. 2009-10-05
    ➖
    HENRY, Lynne resigned
    secretary
  42. 2009-10-05
    ➕
    OROURKE, Niall appointed
    secretary
  43. 2009-08-25
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Joseph Gilbert resigned
    director
  44. 2008-08-22
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    LEYLAND, Martin Thomas appointed
    director
  45. 2008-08-22
    ➖
    ANGUS, Leslie resigned
    director
  46. 2008-08-22
    ➕
    ANGUS, Lindsay James appointed
    director
  47. 2008-08-22
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    FULLERTON, Elizabeth Laureen resigned
    director
  48. 2008-08-22
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    NICOLSON, Arthur Benjamin resigned
    director
  49. 2008-08-22
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    STARK, Michael Otto Philipp appointed
    director
  50. 2008-05-06
    ➖
    CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 87 events

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

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

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7 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2000-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Nafc Marine Centre, Port Arthur
Scalloway
Shetland
Isle Of Shetland
ZE1 0UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (2 active · 31 resigned)

HENDERSON, Ruth Agnes→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEYLAND, Martin Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENRY, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2009-10-05
Resigned
OROURKE, Niall→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-05 · resigned 2012-05-12
Resigned
WATSON, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2012-05-12 · resigned 2015-03-04
Resigned
BRODIES WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned
ANGUS, Leslie→
director · ~86y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
ANGUS, Leslie→
director · ~86y · appointed 2004-01-20 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned
ANGUS, Lindsay James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-08-22 · resigned 2010-01-22
Resigned
BLACK, John Hansen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Alistair Carnegie→
nominee-director · ~72y · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2000-06-06
Resigned
CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson→
director · ~85y · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2008-05-06
Resigned
CUMMING, Grant→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-16 · resigned 2023-08-14
Resigned
DRUMMOND, Gordon John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2021-05-18
Resigned
DRYBURGH, Peter Alexander→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-03-18 · resigned 2008-03-18
Resigned
FULLERTON, Elizabeth Laureen→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
HAWKINS, Iris Jean→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-01-30 · resigned 2011-01-12
Resigned
HENDERSON, Ruth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2010-10-05
Resigned
HENRY, James Herculson→
director · ~89y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2012-03-19
Resigned
JOHNSON, Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-06-06 · resigned 2003-03-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—03/05/201730/04/2025
satisfied
David Alexander Sandison & Others
Floating charge1 property20/09/201103/03/2025
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/03/200230/04/2025

Recent filings (140 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16