QUANTUM TELECOM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC192192 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-18
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.26M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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: 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,258,682
Net assets shrinking
Down £232 YoY
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£636k
↑ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£252k£504k£755k£1.0m£1.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.28M£1.28M
Current assets£1.12M£1.20M
Cash£635.8k£577.2k
Debtors£450.8k£591.6k
Net assets£1.26M£1.26M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-08
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  2. 2025-02-11
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  3. 2025-02-01
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    GILCHRIST, James resigned
    director
  4. 2024-07-12
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  5. 2023-08-02
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  6. 2023-01-30
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    COUGHTRIE, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
    director
  7. 2023-01-30
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    GILCHRIST, James appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-30
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  10. 2023-01-30
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  11. 2022-09-27
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  12. 2022-02-10
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  14. 2022-02-10
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  15. 2021-07-20
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  16. 2021-01-07
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  17. 2020-11-19
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  18. 2020-01-05
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    GILCHRIST, David Miller appointed
    director
  19. 2019-05-08
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  20. 2018-03-27
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  21. 1999-10-18
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    EAGLE, Colin Richard appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-10-18
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    PURSLOW, Ian William resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-10-18
    ➖
    PURSLOW, Ian William resigned
    director
  24. 1998-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As QUANTUM TELECOM LIMITED
  25. 1998-12-18
    ➕
    PURSLOW, Ian William appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-12-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-12-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-12-18
    ➕
    COUGHTRIE, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 1998-12-18
    ➕
    PURSLOW, Ian William 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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Miller Gilchrist
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Catherine Elizabeth Coughtrieceased 30/01/2023· 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
Incorporated1998-12-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

No.15 River Drive
Inchinnan Business Park
Inchinnan
Renfrewshire
PA4 9RT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

EAGLE, Colin Richard→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILCHRIST, David Miller→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURSLOW, Ian William→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-18 · resigned 1999-10-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-18 · resigned 1998-12-18
Resigned
COUGHTRIE, Catherine Elizabeth→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-12-18 · resigned 2023-01-30
Resigned
GILCHRIST, James→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-01-30 · resigned 2025-02-01
Resigned
PURSLOW, Ian William→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-12-18 · resigned 1999-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-10