VQ CONTRACTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC572723 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
26 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 employees283900

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
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-28
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    WALES, Thomas Abraham appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2019-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ultimate Finance Limited
  11. 2019-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-04-29
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-18
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  15. 2019-04-17
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-04-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-03-29
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  18. 2019-03-29
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  19. 2019-03-28
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    EASTON, Thomas Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2019-03-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2017-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As VQ CONTRACTS LIMITED
  22. 2017-08-03
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    EASTON, Annie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.

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

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

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Vqc Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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VQ CONTRACTS LIMITED
This company · SC572723

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
Vqc Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Annie Eastonceased 28/03/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2017-08-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Vq House 240 Carnegie Road
Hillington
Glasgow
G52 4NA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

EASTON, Annie→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-08-03
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Active
EASTON, Thomas Joseph→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-03-28
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Active
WALES, Thomas Abraham→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-06-28
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ultimate Finance
Ultimate Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property27/08/2019—
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-05