QUINTA KAMADO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC517717 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-12

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68100Buying and selling of own real estate
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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, 4 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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	1	100

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

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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officers · CH01
2025-07-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-06-13
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accounts · AA
2015-10-12
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Company incorporated
As QUINTA KAMADO LIMITED
2015-10-12
➕
MITCHELL, David Lindsay appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 76 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Lindsay Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated2015-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace

Dundee

DD3 6TS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-01

Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MITCHELL, David Lindsay→

director · ~76y · appointed 2015-10-12

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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-03-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-13