QUINTIN TANNOCK & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC278519 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-17
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43910Roofing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,924
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,432 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
↓ 70% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 75% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.9k£16.4k
Current assets£12.8k£7.3k
Net assets£4.9k£16.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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  2. 2024-12-27
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2022-03-25
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  6. 2021-04-29
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-29
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  9. 2017-12-22
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  10. 2016-12-30
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  11. 2016-01-22
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  12. 2015-12-30
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  13. 2015-01-27
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  15. 2014-01-27
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  16. 2005-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As QUINTIN TANNOCK & COMPANY LIMITED
  17. 2005-01-17
    ➕
    MACFADYEN, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-01-17
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    MACFADYEN, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2005-01-17
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    MCGRANAGHAN, Michael William appointed
    director
  20. 2005-01-17
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-01-17
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Michael William Mcgranaghan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

Registered office

14 Robertson Street
Greenock
Renfrewshire
PA16 8DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACFADYEN, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-17
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Active
MACFADYEN, Elizabeth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-17
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MCGRANAGHAN, Michael William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-01-17
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-17 · resigned 2005-01-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-25
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accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-22