LUNAR QMG LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC366265 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-09-29

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£991.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03220

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £991,937

Cash YoY

+245%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£17k

↑ 245% YoY

Net Worth

£992k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↑ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.00M	£893.3k
Current assets	£1.02M	£877.4k
Cash	£16.6k	£4.8k
Debtors	£1.01M	£872.6k
Net assets	£991.9k	£879.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-09-13
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-05
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officers · TM02
2021-07-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-02
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BUCHAN (SNR), Alexander resigned
secretary
2021-02-02
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BUCHAN, Alexander resigned
director
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2020-11-23
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-11-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-27
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WISEMAN, Alexander resigned
director
2020-01-24
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officers · AP01
2020-01-01
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BUCHAN, William Campbell appointed
director
2019-10-28
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-06-09
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BUCHAN, Alexander John appointed
director
2014-09-30
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STEPHEN, David Alexander resigned
director
2014-07-01
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STEVENSON, Robert Wilson Gardner appointed
director
2014-03-31
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INGRAM, Gordon resigned
director
2013-06-28
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BUCHAN, Jane appointed
director
2009-09-29
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Company incorporated
As LUNAR QMG LIMITED
2009-09-29
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BANKS, Sinclair William appointed
director
2009-09-29
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BUCHAN, John George appointed
director
2009-09-29
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BUCHAN, John appointed
director
2009-09-29
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BUCHAN JNR, Alexander appointed
director
2009-09-29
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BUCHAN (SNR), Alexander appointed
secretary
2009-09-29
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-09-29
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-09-29
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BUCHAN, Alexander appointed
director
2009-09-29
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INGRAM, Gordon appointed
director
2009-09-29
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STEPHEN, David Alexander appointed
director
2009-09-29
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WISEMAN, Alexander appointed
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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-09-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03220 — SIC 03220

Registered office

East Quay

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 1JF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09