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.
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
36 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
    ➕
    KEMP, Brian James Imrie appointed
    secretary
  4. 2023-12-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-01
    ➖
    GILFILLAN, Garry resigned
    secretary
  7. 2023-03-01
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-11-29
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2021-11-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2021-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-03-19
    ➕
    KEMP, Brian James Imrie appointed
    director
  19. 2015-03-19
    ➕
    PAGE, Derek appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-19
    ➕
    GILFILLAN, Garry appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-03-19
    ➖
    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2015-03-19
    ➖
    LANG, Alistair James resigned
    director
  23. 2015-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As QAS COPAK LIMITED
  24. 2015-01-23
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2015-01-23
    ➕
    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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Qas Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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