QUEST BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC311394 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£9.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,684
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£9.7k£7.8k
Current assets£4.7k£6.2k
Cash£4.7k£7.0k
Debtors—£-828
Net assets£9.7k£7.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-09-07
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    officers · RP04AP01
  6. 2023-09-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-09-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2023-09-06
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    address · AD01
  9. 2023-09-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-09-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2023-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-09-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2023-09-02
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    GAVINE, Fiona Stewart resigned
    secretary
  14. 2023-09-02
    ➖
    GAVINE, Fiona Stewart resigned
    director
  15. 2023-09-01
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    GAVINE, Fiona Stewart appointed
    director
  16. 2023-09-01
    ➕
    SPENCE, Claire Rose appointed
    director
  17. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  19. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-11-14
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    GAVINE, William Lamb resigned
    director
  23. 2010-01-25
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    GAVINE, Fiona Stewart appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-10
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-11-10
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-11-06
    ➕
    GAVINE, Fiona Stewart appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-11-06
    ➕
    GAVINE, William Lamb appointed
    director
  28. 2006-11-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As QUEST BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD
  29. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Claire Rose Spence
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/09/2023

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
Incorporated2006-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

9 Cairnoch Way
Bannockburn
Stirling
FK7 8PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GAVINE, Fiona Stewart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCE, Claire Rose→
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAVINE, Fiona Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2023-09-02
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2006-11-10
Resigned
GAVINE, Fiona Stewart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-01-25 · resigned 2023-09-02
Resigned
GAVINE, William Lamb→
director · ~98y · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2014-11-14
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2006-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-08
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-09-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-06
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-06