QUAY MARINE CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC453779 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-03

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£40.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £40,420

Net assets shrinking

Down £21,438 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£40k

↓ 35% YoY

Current Assets

£42k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£42.9k	£67.4k
Current assets	£42.3k	£66.2k
Net assets	£40.4k	£61.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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2025-02-03
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2023-09-14
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officers · CH01
2023-09-14
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officers · CH01
2023-09-14
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2023-09-14
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2023-09-14
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address · AD01
2023-08-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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2021-12-20
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2021-02-15
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2020-04-14
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2018-11-15
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2018-04-02
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2016-12-14
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accounts · AA
2013-07-03
🏢
Company incorporated
As QUAY MARINE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2013-07-03
➕
SMALL, John Andrew Kennedy appointed
director
2013-07-03
➕
SMALL, Mhorag Shiona Campbell appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 13 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Andrew Kennedy Small Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	03/07/2016
Mrs Mhorag Shiona Campbell Small Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/07/2016

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

Incorporated2013-07-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Flat 3, 147 Alexandra Parade

Dunoon

Argyll

PA23 8AW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-17

Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMALL, John Andrew Kennedy→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-03

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Active

SMALL, Mhorag Shiona Campbell→

director · ~65y · appointed 2013-07-03

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Recent filings (30 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-14

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-09-14

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-09-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-09-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-16