QA CONNECTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC379457 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-01
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-17
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  3. 2024-06-20
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  4. 2024-03-18
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  5. 2023-03-14
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  6. 2022-04-19
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-04-01
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    CAREY, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director
  8. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2020-10-12
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  10. 2020-01-27
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  11. 2018-12-03
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  12. 2018-06-01
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  13. 2018-03-21
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  14. 2016-10-31
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  15. 2016-06-10
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  16. 2015-11-29
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  17. 2015-06-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2010-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As QA CONNECTIONS LTD
  19. 2010-06-01
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    ARNOT, William Fairlie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-06-01
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    ARNOT, Carole Christian Fraser appointed
    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 16 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 candidate

Strong 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Christian Fraser Arnot
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016
Mrs Carole Christian Fraser Arnot
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Kilmux House
By Leven
Fife
KY8 5NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARNOT, William Fairlie→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-01
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ARNOT, Carole Christian Fraser→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-06-01
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CAREY, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-04-01
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Recent filings (34 total)

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2025-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
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officers · AP01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-27