CALLAWAY SYKES ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01032552 · ltd · incorporated 1971-11-25
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 65110Life insurance
  • 65120Non-life insurance
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£48k£72k£96k£121kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£116.3k
Current assets—£120.5k
Cash—£107.9k
Net assets—£107.6k
Average employees10—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-08-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2018-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2006-03-01
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    BETON, John Hartley appointed
    director
  19. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    CALLAWAY, Roland Mark appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-20
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Valerie Margarite resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-06-07
    ➖
    CALLAWAY, Arthur David, The Executors Of resigned
    director
  22. 2004-05-14
    ➖
    CALLAWAY, Jaimes Oliver David resigned
    director
  23. 2003-07-18
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Valerie Margarite resigned
    director
  24. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    FORSTER, Martin Nicholas resigned
    director
  25. 2001-04-01
    ➕
    FORSTER, Martin Nicholas appointed
    director
  26. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SYKES, Robert John appointed
    director
  27. 1971-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALLAWAY SYKES ASSOCIATES LIMITED

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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CALLAWAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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 Roland Mark Callaway
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Robert John Sykes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Hartley Betonceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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
Incorporated1971-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

56 New Writtle Street
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

CALLAWAY, Roland Mark→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BETON, John Hartley→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALLAWAY, Roland Mark→
director · ~66y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYKES, Robert John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLIOTT, Valerie Margarite→
secretary · resigned 2004-08-20
Resigned
CALLAWAY, Arthur David, The Executors Of→
director · ~96y · resigned 2004-06-07
Resigned
CALLAWAY, Jaimes Oliver David→
director · ~64y · resigned 2004-05-14
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Valerie Margarite→
director · ~83y · resigned 2003-07-18
Resigned
FORSTER, Martin Nicholas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (120 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-08-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25