Q BUILD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC340745 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-03
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£219.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £219,535
Cash YoY
+198%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£177k
↑ 198% YoY
Net Worth
£220k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£722k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £352.8k | £357.3k |
| Current assets | £722.2k | £442.4k |
| Cash | £177.2k | £59.4k |
| Debtors | £545.0k | £382.9k |
| Net assets | £219.5k | £180.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-01-11➕PARK, Joshua James appointeddirector
- 2012-03-13➖ALLAN, Peter Ferguson resigneddirector
- 2008-04-03🏢Company incorporatedAs Q BUILD LIMITED
- 2008-04-03➕ALLAN, Jonathan Richard appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-03➕ALLAN, Jonathan Richard appointeddirector
- 2008-04-03➕ALLAN, Peter Ferguson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Joshua James Park Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/01/2022 |
Mr Jonathan Richard Allan Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Verna Sharon Allanceased 11/01/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing
Registered office
1 Orr Square
Paisley
PA1 2DL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ALLAN, Jonathan Richard→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-04-03
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ALLAN, Jonathan Richard→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2008-04-03
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PARK, Joshua James→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2022-01-11
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ALLAN, Peter Ferguson→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2008-04-03 · resigned 2012-03-13
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Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-19