M.V. QUANTUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC150141 · ltd · incorporated 1994-04-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£32.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £32,287,385
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£319k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£32m
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6.5m£13m£19m£26m£32mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-252024-03-25
Cash£319.4k£315.3k
Net assets£32.29M£26.53M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-03-21
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  3. 2024-03-20
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  4. 2023-03-09
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  5. 2022-04-25
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  6. 2022-03-22
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  7. 2021-03-22
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  8. 2020-01-08
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  9. 2019-01-04
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  10. 2018-05-17
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  11. 2018-05-17
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  12. 2018-05-17
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-01-03
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  14. 2017-01-04
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  15. 2016-04-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-09
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    BUCHAN, Wilma Lynne appointed
    director
  17. 2012-08-20
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    BUCHAN, Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2012-08-20
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2006-05-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2002-06-17
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    ROSS, Ian Buchan resigned
    director
  22. 1997-05-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1997-01-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1994-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As M.V. QUANTUS LIMITED
  25. 1994-04-11
    ➕
    STORIE CRUDEN & SIMPSON appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1994-04-11
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Ian appointed
    director
  27. 1994-04-11
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1994-04-11
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-04-11
    ➕
    ROSS, Ian Buchan appointed
    director
  30. 1994-04-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1994-04-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares12/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1994-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

5 Albyn Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1YP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last made up to: 2025-03-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

STORIE CRUDEN & SIMPSON→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-04-11
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Active
BUCHAN, Ian→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-04-11
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Active
BUCHAN, Mark→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-08-20
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Active
BUCHAN, Stuart→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-08-20
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Active
BUCHAN, Wilma Lynne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-12-09
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 1994-04-11
Resigned
ROSS, Ian Buchan→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 2002-06-17
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 1994-04-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property26/01/2009—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property14/05/199726/05/2006
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property10/01/1997—
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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-08