KWIK CALL HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC323334 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-09
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
£68.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £68,682
Very low cash
Cash position: £42
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42
~ YoY
Net Worth
£69k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£27k£41k£55k£69kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£69.5k£69.5k
Cash£42£42
Net assets£68.7k£68.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2025-04-29
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  4. 2024-12-17
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  5. 2023-12-21
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  6. 2023-03-30
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  7. 2022-03-16
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  8. 2021-03-28
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  9. 2019-12-20
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2017-12-21
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  12. 2016-12-22
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  13. 2016-06-02
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  14. 2015-12-23
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  15. 2015-06-16
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  16. 2015-05-19
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  17. 2007-05-30
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    ADAMS, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-05-30
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    ADAMS, Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2007-05-30
    ➕
    BARNES, Jason appointed
    director
  20. 2007-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As KWIK CALL HOLDINGS LIMITED
  21. 2007-05-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-05-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-05-09
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-05-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tommy Adams
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Jason Barnes
Individual · Australian · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2007-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Radleigh House, 1, Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-20
Last: 2025-05-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ADAMS, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Thomas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-05-30
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Active
BARNES, Jason→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-05-30
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2007-05-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2007-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20