QUEST PUMPS LIMITED

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SC348734 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.62M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
77 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
70
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,621,445
Cash YoY
+136%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.5m
↑ 136% YoY
Net Worth
£3.6m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£3.9m
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£781k£1.6m£2.3m£3.1m£3.9mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.65M£3.00M
Current assets£3.91M£3.21M
Cash£2.52M£1.07M
Debtors£1.00M£1.66M
Net assets£3.62M£2.93M

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

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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
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Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2025-07-11
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  3. 2024-12-19
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  4. 2023-10-03
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  5. 2022-07-19
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  6. 2022-01-10
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-21
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2020-08-21
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  10. 2020-07-31
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2020-07-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2019-09-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-05-13
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  16. 2019-05-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  17. 2019-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-05-07
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-12-18
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    JONES, Stephen Graham resigned
    director
  20. 2018-10-01
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    COOKE, Andrew David appointed
    director
  21. 2013-10-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2013-07-03
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    PINKERFIELD, Howard Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2011-05-31
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    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2011-05-31
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    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-05-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2010-05-27
    ➕
    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-05-27
    ➖
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2010-01-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  29. 2009-11-26
    ➖
    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2009-11-26
    ➕
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2009-06-30
    ➖
    JONES, Catherine Louise resigned
    director
  32. 2009-06-18
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    PINKERFIELD, Howard Andrew appointed
    director
  33. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    JONES, Catherine Louise appointed
    director
  34. 2009-04-01
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    BORLAND, Scot resigned
    director
  35. 2009-04-01
    ➕
    JONES, Stephen Graham appointed
    director
  36. 2008-09-19
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    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
    director
  37. 2008-09-18
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    BORLAND, Scot appointed
    director
  38. 2008-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As QUEST PUMPS LIMITED
  39. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  40. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mr Andrew David Cooke
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen Graham Jonesceased 18/12/2018· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2008-09-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Andrew David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-27 · resigned 2011-05-31
Resigned
HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2009-11-26
Resigned
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-26 · resigned 2010-05-27
Resigned
BORLAND, Scot→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2008-09-19
Resigned
JONES, Catherine Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-05-18 · resigned 2009-06-30
Resigned
JONES, Stephen Graham→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2018-12-18
Resigned
PINKERFIELD, Howard Andrew→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-06-18 · resigned 2013-07-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property04/05/2011—
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property18/01/201003/10/2013
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2020-08-21
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2020-08-21