QUIRKY GIFT LIBRARY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC328092 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-20

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£224.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46360Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £224,348

Net assets shrinking

Down £12,803 YoY

Cash YoY

+29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£184k

↑ 29% YoY

Net Worth

£224k

↓ 5.4% YoY

Current Assets

£316k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£444.9k	£260.9k
Current assets	£316.1k	£266.8k
Cash	£183.5k	£142.5k
Debtors	£75.6k	£74.1k
Net assets	£224.3k	£237.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2016-12-20
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accounts · AA
2016-12-16
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address · AD01
2016-04-03
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address · AD01
2016-04-03
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officers · TM02
2016-03-10
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O'DONNELL & CO LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-14
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annual-return · AR01
2011-02-18
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PAPERLINK LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2011-02-15
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AFSETH, Jayne resigned
secretary
2011-02-15
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O'DONNELL & CO LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-02-15
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O'DONNELL & CO LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-02-13
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AFSETH, Jayne appointed
secretary
2007-07-20
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Company incorporated
As QUIRKY GIFT LIBRARY LTD
2007-07-20
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COLAMARTINO, Sandra appointed
director
2007-07-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-07-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-07-20
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O'DONNELL & CO LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-07-20
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-07-20
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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 58 — 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 58. 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Sandra Colamartino Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	20/07/2016

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

Incorporated2007-07-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

6 Castlebrae Business Centre

Peffer Place

Edinburgh

EH16 4BB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

COLAMARTINO, Sandra→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-20

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Active

PAPERLINK LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2011-02-18

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Active

AFSETH, Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-13 · resigned 2011-02-15

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2007-07-20

Resigned

O'DONNELL & CO LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-15 · resigned 2016-03-10

Resigned

O'DONNELL & CO LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2008-02-15

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2007-07-20

Resigned

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