ALEX QUINN & PARTNERS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC275265 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£1.93M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

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 £1,926,075

Cash YoY

+62%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£821k

↑ 62% YoY

Net Worth

£1.9m

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Cash	£821.2k	£507.5k
Net assets	£1.93M	£1.49M

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 capital
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-04-23
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-04-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-09
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-04-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-08
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MILLSON, Lorraine resigned
director
2026-04-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-10-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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CRICHTON, Graham appointed
director
2018-02-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2011-01-01
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JOHNSTON, Stephen Michael appointed
director
2005-05-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-10-28
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Company incorporated
As ALEX QUINN & PARTNERS LTD.
2004-10-28
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FLETT, James appointed
secretary
2004-10-28
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FLETT, James appointed
director
2004-10-28
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TRAYNOR, Mark appointed
director
2004-10-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-28
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MILLSON, Lorraine appointed
director
2004-10-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-10-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Michael Johnston Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/04/2026
Mr Mark Traynor Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/04/2026
Mr James Flett Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/04/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr James Flettceased 01/10/2016· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-10-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Suite 1a 86 Commercial Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6LX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21