QUANTUM PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LTD.

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SC242678 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-21

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£190.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · oldest 23.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.3 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £190,444

Net assets shrinking

Down £14,428 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£190k

↓ 7.0% YoY

Current Assets

£47k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£190.4k	£204.9k
Current assets	£46.8k	£66.0k
Net assets	£190.4k	£204.9k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2021-12-23
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2020-12-07
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2015-12-16
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2015-11-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-02-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-02-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-01-21
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Company incorporated
As QUANTUM PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LTD.
2003-01-21
➕
ARTHUR, Vivien appointed
secretary
2003-01-21
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ARTHUR, David Alexander appointed
director
2003-01-21
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ARTHUR, Vivien appointed
director
2003-01-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-21
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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 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 David Alexander Arthur Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Vivien Arthur Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-01-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Burnside Business Park

Burnside Road

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 3AW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-20

Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ARTHUR, Vivien→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-21

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Active

ARTHUR, David Alexander→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-21

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Active

ARTHUR, Vivien→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-21

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-21 · resigned 2003-01-21

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-21 · resigned 2003-01-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	01/07/2014	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	14/02/2003	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	06/02/2003	—

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