QHS SCOTLAND LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC315075 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-22
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 18.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 18.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.9 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 (79/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,295,352
Net assets shrinking
Down £56,420 YoY
Cash YoY
+49%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9k
↑ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £9.4k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | £1.30M | £1.35M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2014-11-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2007-09-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-06-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs QHS SCOTLAND LTD
- 2007-01-22➕FORSYTH, Robert William appointedsecretary
- 2007-01-22➕FORSYTH, Robert William appointeddirector
- 2007-01-22➕MORRISON, David Greig appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo 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 Robert William Forsyth Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr David Greig Morrison Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-01-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Thornwood
Birnie
Elgin
IV30 8SW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
FORSYTH, Robert William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-01-22
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FORSYTH, Robert William→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-22
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MORRISON, David Greig→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2007-01-22
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/11/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 06/09/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/06/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-23