QUEST ADVANTAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC218699 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
91 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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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 employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2021-10-04
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    second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
  9. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-12-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-12-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-05-31
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    CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-22
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    BOLE, Joseph resigned
    director
  20. 2005-04-07
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Iain resigned
    director
  21. 2005-04-07
    ➖
    MURRAY, Alistair Gillan resigned
    director
  22. 2001-12-20
    ➕
    NOBLE, Marcus appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-12-20
    ➕
    NOBLE, Marcus appointed
    director
  24. 2001-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2001-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As QUEST ADVANTAGE LIMITED
  26. 2001-04-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-04-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-04-30
    ➕
    BOLE, Joseph appointed
    director
  29. 2001-04-30
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Iain appointed
    director
  30. 2001-04-30
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alistair Gillan appointed
    director
  31. 2001-04-30
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2001-04-30
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Marcus Noble
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/01/2021
Mr James Derek Scott Carnegie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/04/2017

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
Incorporated2001-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Millars House 41a Gray Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 2BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

NOBLE, Marcus→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOBLE, Marcus→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
BOLE, Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
BUCHAN, Iain→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2005-04-07
Resigned
MURRAY, Alistair Gillan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2005-04-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property10/12/200122/12/2020

Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-10-04
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-17