QAS COPAK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC495803 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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KEMP, Brian James Imrie appointed
secretary
2023-12-15
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officers · AP03
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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GILFILLAN, Garry resigned
secretary
2023-03-01
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officers · TM02
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-29
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-11-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-03-19
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KEMP, Brian James Imrie appointed
director
2015-03-19
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PAGE, Derek appointed
director
2015-03-19
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GILFILLAN, Garry appointed
secretary
2015-03-19
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-03-19
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LANG, Alistair James resigned
director
2015-01-23
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Company incorporated
As QAS COPAK LIMITED
2015-01-23
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-01-23
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LANG, Alistair James appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Group structure

Qas Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Qas Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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QAS COPAK LIMITED

This company · SC495803

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Qas Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-01-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Mitchelston Drive

Mitchelston Industrial Estate

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY1 3NF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KEMP, Brian James Imrie→

secretary · appointed 2023-12-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KEMP, Brian James Imrie→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-03-19

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Active

PAGE, Derek→

director · ~65y · appointed 2015-03-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GILFILLAN, Garry→

secretary · appointed 2015-03-19 · resigned 2023-03-01

Resigned

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-01-23 · resigned 2015-03-19

Resigned

LANG, Alistair James→

director · ~53y · appointed 2015-01-23 · resigned 2015-03-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-09-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-30

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-09-18

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-03-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-09-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-25

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2022-02-25

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2021-11-29

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2021-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-09-24