QUEST CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC496181 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-28
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-01
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    CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-08-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-13
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2021-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2021-06-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-06-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-08-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-08-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-05-26
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Stuart James resigned
    director
  20. 2020-05-26
    ➖
    NOBLE, Marcus resigned
    director
  21. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-06-13
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    NIMMO, Thomas William John resigned
    director
  23. 2017-12-22
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    PATERSON, Stephen Liston Lindsay appointed
    director
  24. 2017-12-22
    ➕
    CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott appointed
    director
  25. 2017-12-22
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Stuart James appointed
    director
  26. 2017-12-22
    ➕
    NOBLE, Marcus appointed
    director
  27. 2017-02-14
    ➖
    ARCHIBALD, Robin resigned
    director
  28. 2015-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As QUEST CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED
  29. 2015-01-28
    ➕
    ARCHIBALD, Robin appointed
    director
  30. 2015-01-28
    ➕
    NIMMO, Thomas William John 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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

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

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Quest Corporate Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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QUEST CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED
This company · SC496181

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Quest Corporate Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/06/2018
Mr Stephen Liston Lindsay Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/06/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Derek Scott Carnegieceased 01/08/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Marcus Joseph Nobleceased 26/05/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Thomas William John Nimmoceased 13/06/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2015-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

8 Walker Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7LA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATERSON, Stephen Liston Lindsay→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARCHIBALD, Robin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-28 · resigned 2017-02-14
Resigned
CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-12-22 · resigned 2024-08-01
Resigned
MITCHELL, Stuart James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-12-22 · resigned 2020-05-26
Resigned
NIMMO, Thomas William John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-01-28 · resigned 2018-06-13
Resigned
NOBLE, Marcus→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-12-22 · resigned 2020-05-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-06-17