QUICKTRACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC215665 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-12
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-22
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  2. 2024-04-05
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  3. 2023-05-02
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  4. 2022-06-07
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  5. 2021-07-22
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  6. 2020-03-20
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  7. 2019-04-26
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  8. 2018-05-01
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  9. 2017-05-13
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  10. 2016-03-24
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  11. 2016-02-15
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  12. 2015-08-13
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2010-04-12
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    HAMPTON, Anne appointed
    director
  14. 2001-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As QUICKTRACE LIMITED
  15. 2001-02-12
    ➕
    HAMPTON, Anne appointed
    secretary
  16. 2001-02-12
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    HAMPTON, Colin appointed
    director
  17. 2001-02-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2001-02-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2001-02-12
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2001-02-12
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Hampton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Anne Hampton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

23 Clermiston Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH12 6XD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HAMPTON, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-12
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Active
HAMPTON, Anne→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-04-12
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Active
HAMPTON, Colin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-02-12
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-12 · resigned 2001-02-12
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-12 · resigned 2001-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-13