QUADMANIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC211922 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-12
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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£244.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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 £244,930

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£245k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£268k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£54k£107k£161k£215k£268kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£244.9k£198.4k
Current assets£268.1k£227.2k
Net assets£244.9k£198.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-04
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  2. 2025-07-05
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  3. 2024-07-11
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  4. 2023-08-18
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  5. 2022-09-08
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  6. 2021-08-02
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  7. 2020-10-20
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  8. 2019-07-19
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  9. 2018-08-01
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  10. 2017-07-27
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  11. 2016-08-03
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  12. 2015-12-02
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  13. 2015-08-06
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  14. 2014-11-30
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  15. 2014-07-18
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  16. 2002-01-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2000-11-16
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Keith William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-11-16
    ➕
    MARSHALL, David Bruce appointed
    director
  19. 2000-11-16
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Fiona Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2000-11-16
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-11-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2000-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As QUADMANIA LIMITED
  23. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

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 David Bruce Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Stronchullin Farm
Blairmore
By Dunoon
Argyll
PA23 8TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MARSHALL, Keith William→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-16
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MARSHALL, David Bruce→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-11-16
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Active
MARSHALL, Fiona Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-11-16
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2000-11-16
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2000-11-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property10/01/2002—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-19